Galinki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Galinki
Settlement
Galinki
Coordinates: 54°9′33″N 20°52′14″E / 54.15917°N 20.87056°E / 54.15917; 20.87056
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Galinki [ɡaˈlʲiŋkʲi] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Bartoszyce and 49 km (30 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°9′33″N 20°52′14″E / 54.15917°N 20.87056°E / 54.15917; 20.87056

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