Janikowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Janikowo (disambiguation).
Janikowo
Village

Our Lady of the Rosary chapel
Janikowo
Coordinates: PL 54°13′33.24″N 20°27′39.96″E / 54.2259000°N 20.4611000°E / 54.2259000; 20.4611000Coordinates: PL 54°13′33.24″N 20°27′39.96″E / 54.2259000°N 20.4611000°E / 54.2259000; 20.4611000
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Górowo Iławeckie
Population 540

Janikowo [janiˈkɔvɔ] (German: Hanshagen) 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]

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

Population

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ verwaltungsgeschichte.de
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