Janowo, Gołdap County

For other places with the same name, see Janowo (disambiguation).
Janowo
Village
Janowo
Coordinates: 54°16′15″N 22°19′4″E / 54.27083°N 22.31778°E / 54.27083; 22.31778
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap

Janowo [jaˈnɔvɔ] (German: Johannisberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Gołdap and 131 km (81 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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°16′15″N 22°19′4″E / 54.27083°N 22.31778°E / 54.27083; 22.31778


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