Poland · Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship · Ełk
Szyba, Ełk — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Szyba is a district of Ełk whose written record reaches back to 1566, long before the city grew out to meet it.
About Szyba
Where to stay in Szyba
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Szyba carries no hotel names. A traveller sleeping in Ełk to reach the Pier with lookout tower in Ełk or the Holy Spirit church in Ełk will find Szyba a quiet address on the city's own list rather than a place with rooms of its own. Ełk holds the beds, the parishes and the two lookout points.
About Szyba
What are the main landmarks in Szyba?
Two lookout points, one city. The Pier with lookout tower in Ełk carries one of them out over the water, and a separate Lookout tower in Ełk is listed on its own, both credited to the city rather than to Szyba. The Holy Spirit church in Ełk and the Saint Raphael Kalinowski church in Ełk are the parish landmarks in reach.
Beyond them lies the Cmentarz Komunalny i Wojskowy w Ełku, the municipal and military cemetery.
What is the history of Szyba?
The record starts in 1566. That date is all the archive hands Szyba, a district whose past belongs to Ełk and whose own story survives mainly as the name the registers keep. Ełk's later landmarks, its churches, its cemetery and its towers, carry the dates instead.
The Cmentarz Komunalny i Wojskowy w Ełku holds the military graves.
Where is Szyba?
Szyba sits within Ełk, sharing the city's ground with the Cmentarz Komunalny i Wojskowy w Ełku and the parish churches that carry the Ełk name.
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Updated August 2026