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Krynica Morska () is a town and coextensive municipality ( gmina) on the Vistula Spit in northern Poland with 1,172 inhabitants as of 2023. It has been part of Nowy Dwór Gdański County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Elbląg Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.
The settlement was first mentioned in 1424 and became a summer resort around 1840. When it came back under Polish rule after the Second World War, it was given the name Łysica (the Polish language root łys- corresponding to the German language kahl, meaning "bald"). In 1958 it was renamed Krynica Morska ( Krynica is an obsolete, poetic term for "spring"; Morska meaning "of the sea", i.e., "sea spring" or "seaside spring") as opposed to the other famous Polish resort of Krynica.
In 1991 three former villages, Krynica Morska, Nowa Karczma, and Przebrno of Gmina Sztutowo were united into a new gmina, Krynica Morska, which simultaneously was assigned the town status.
Krynica Morska is the main tourist destination on the Vistula Spit. The administrative area of the town extends along most of the Polish part of the spit, up to the Russian border, also including a number of other localities such as Przebrno and Piaski (the latter being about from the border, which is not crossable at present).
It has the smallest population of any urban commune ( gmina) in Poland. Because of the inclusion of mainly rural areas of the spit within its boundaries, it has the lowest population density of any town ( miasto) in Poland, with 11.74 persons/km².
The Lighthouse in Krynica Morska was originally built in 1895. It was destroyed in 1945 after being land mine by retreating German forces. A new lighthouse, now open to visitors, was built in 1951. Adjacent to it is a small cemetery with a monument to the Red Army soldiers killed in the explosion that destroyed the original building.
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