Morąg

Morąg (IPA: [ˈmɔrɔŋk]; former German: Mohrungen) is a town in northern Poland in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The nearest city is Olsztyn, 44 km to the southeast.

The town was founded as Mohrungen by the Teutonic Knights in 1302 in eastern Prussia and in 1327 attained Kulm law from Hermann von Oettingen. The original inhabitants of the town were emigrants from the southern Harz. War between the Teutonic Order and Poles saw the town incinerated completely in 1414. Mohrungen was occupied by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland from 1410-1461.

Mohrungen was on a shipping commerce line connecting Truso with harbors at the Black Sea. Agriculture and commerce had become the primary occupations in the town.

From 1525-1701 Mohrungen was part of Ducal Prussia, a fief of the Polish Crown. In 1701 the town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia and became the seat of Landkreis Mohrungen in 1752. An earthquake struck the town in 1818.

Mohrungen belonged to Germany until 1945. After World War II the town became part of Poland as Morąg.