Grotowo

Grotowo
Village
Grotowo
Coordinates: 54°17′32″N 20°19′39″E / 54.29222°N 20.32750°E / 54.29222; 20.32750
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Górowo Iławeckie
Population (approx.) 80

Grotowo [ɡrɔˈtɔvɔ] (German Hoppendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Górowo Iławeckie, 32 km (20 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 58 km (36 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The village has an approximate population of 80.

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Coordinates: 54°17′32″N 20°19′39″E / 54.29222°N 20.32750°E / 54.29222; 20.32750

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