Biegonity

Biegonity
Settlement
Biegonity
Coordinates: 54°5′N 20°49′E / 54.083°N 20.817°E / 54.083; 20.817
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Bisztynek

Biegonity [bjɛɡɔˈnitɨ] (German: Begnitten) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bisztynek, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Bisztynek, 19 km (12 mi) south of Bartoszyce, and 40 km (25 mi) north-east 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: 54°05′00″N 20°49′00″E / 54.0833°N 20.8167°E / 54.0833; 20.8167

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