Barkweda

Barkweda
Village
Barkweda
Coordinates: 53°51′46″N 20°23′49″E / 53.86278°N 20.39694°E / 53.86278; 20.39694
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Olsztyn County
Gmina Dywity

Barkweda [barkˈfɛda] (German Bergfriede) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dywity, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Dywity and 12 km (7 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772; 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).

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Coordinates: 53°51′46″N 20°23′49″E / 53.86278°N 20.39694°E / 53.86278; 20.39694

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