Gumniska, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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Gumniska
Village
Gumniska
Coordinates: 54°12′N 21°23′E / 54.200°N 21.383°E / 54.200; 21.383
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany

Gumniska [ɡumˈniska] (German Silzkeim) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Barciany, 13 km (8 mi) north of Kętrzyn, and 75 km (47 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

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Coordinates: 54°12′00″N 21°23′00″E / 54.2°N 21.383333°E / 54.2; 21.383333

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