Glitajny, Bartoszyce County

Glitajny
Village
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Glitajny [ɡlʲiˈtai̯nɨ] (German: Glittehnen) is a village 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]

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°12′4″N 20°53′10″E / 54.20111°N 20.88611°E / 54.20111; 20.88611

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