Gierłoż, Ostróda County

For other places with the same name, see Gierłoż (disambiguation).
Gierłoż
Village
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Ostróda
Gmina Gmina Ostróda

Gierłoż [ˈɡʲɛrwɔʂ] (German: Görlitz; before 1914: Preußisch Görlitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]

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: 53°36′43″N 19°46′15″E / 53.6119°N 19.7708°E / 53.6119; 19.7708


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