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Author: Monika Salwocka | Publish date: 02 May 2023

Elks awarded with Laurel "The Best of the Best"

02 May 2023, Author: Monika Salwocka

Already after for the twentieth time the awards of the Marshal of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship were awarded winners who contributed to the promotion of the region of Warmia and Mazury. Winner in the "Innovation and development" category was Saxdor Shipyard Sp. z from Ełk o.o., in the "Science" category, the award went to the Historical Association – Exploration Jaćwież, discoverer of the treasure from Ełk.

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In Anna Wasilewska Hall in Olsztyn on April 20 took place jubilee XX gala, during which the Marshal's awards were presented Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship – Laurel "The best of the best". Awards were awarded in various categories, m.in. Innovation and development and Science. The intention of the award is to distinguish people or entities whose success contributed to the promotion of the region of Warmia and Mazury on the national arena and International.

In "Innovation and Development" category, the winner of this year's gala was Saxdor Shipyard Sp. z o.o. with its registered office in Helsinki, which in the shipyard in Ełk It produces boats using modern methods. The company in 2022 received the White Lily award for outstanding contribution to the development and promotion of the city of Ełk, in the Entrepreneur of the Year category, as well as a distinction in the Patron category Sport. He received the statuette – Laurel "The Best of the Best" in Olsztyn Vice-President of Saxdor Shipyard Sp. z o.o., Paweł Błaszak.

In the "Science" category, recognizes scientists who contribute to the enrichment life of the region of Warmia and Mazury. The winner of the XX gala was the Association Historical and Exploratory Jaćwież, which discovered in Ełk 680 coins from the XVII Age. The treasure from Ełk was recognized by National Geographic as one of ten the most important archaeological discoveries in Poland of the last decade.

In In 2021, the Jaćwież Association received a distinction in the category "Award Special" during the XV White Lily Award Gala.

President Ełk appreciating the achievement of the association and the value of the find, which in the history of Ełk has not yet been, he submitted the Jaćwież Association for the award Marshal of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

Award in Olsztyn received the president of the Jaćwież Historical and Exploration Association, Mariusz Jarząbek.