{{for|other places|Zalewo, Ostróda County|Żalewo}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Zalewo | image_skyline = Zalewo rynek2.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = The marketplace | image_flag = POL Zalewo flag.svg | image_shield = POL Zalewo COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|name=Warmian-Masurian}} | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Iława | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Zalewo | established_title = Founded | established_date = 13th century | established_title3 = Town rights | established_date3 = 1305 | area_total_km2 = 8.22 | population_as_of = 2006 | population_total = 2977 | population_density_km2 = auto | coordinates = {{coord|53|50|46|N|19|36|37|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 14-230 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads | blank_info_sec2 = 32px | website = http://www.zalewo.pl }} '''Zalewo''' ({{IPA|pl|zaˈlɛvɔ|-|Pl-Zalewo.ogg}}; {{langx|de|Saalfeld}}) is a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland,{{TERYT}} with 2,977 inhabitants (2008). It is situated on the northern shore of Lake Ewingi.
==History== The settlement was founded in the 13th century and was granted town rights in 1305.
During the Napoleonic Wars in 1807 Polish soldiers of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski were quartered in the town. In 1831, several Polish infantry and artillery units, engineer corps, sappers and general staff of the November Uprising stopped in the town on the way to their internment places.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kasparek|first=Norbert|editor-last=Katafiasz|editor-first=Tomasz|year=2014|title=Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu|language=pl|location=Koszalin|publisher=Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie|pages=138–139|chapter=Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację}}</ref>
During World War II it was destroyed in 70%.
==Sports== The local football club is Ewingi Zalewo. It competes in the lower leagues.
==Gallery== <gallery widths=150> Zalewo - gotycki kościół pw. św. Jana ( XIV w.) - panoramio.jpg|Gothic Saint John the Evangelist church PL Zalewo, Baszta.JPG|Medieval town walls Szkoła w Zalewie 02.JPG|School in Zalewo Zalewo marina.jpg|Marina </gallery>
==International relations== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}
===Twin towns — Sister cities===
*{{flagicon|LTU}} Rūdiškės, Lithuania <ref name=sist/> *{{flagicon|GER}} Saalfeld/Saale, Germany <ref name=sist>[http://zalewo.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=86 "Miasta partnerskie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220225645/http://www.zalewo.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=86 |date=2008-12-20 }}, Zalewo city portal {{in lang|pl}}</ref>
==Notable people == <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> *Hans-Joachim Kappis (1908–1970), Wehrmacht officer *Herbert Kelletat (1907–2007), musician, author, choir director *Hans-Joachim Kroschinski (1920–1995), German flying ace *Ernst Kutschkau (1910–1947) Wehrmacht soldier *Grażyna Prokopek (born 1977), athlete *Robert Roberthin (1600–1648), one of the first regional poets
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category-inline}} {{Gmina Zalewo}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Category:Iława County Category:Populated lakeshore places in Poland
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