Karbowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Karbowo
Village
Karbowo
Coordinates: 54°5′N 20°11′E / 54.083°N 20.183°E / 54.083; 20.183
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Lidzbark
Gmina Orneta

Karbowo [karˈbɔvɔ] (German: Groß Karben) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Orneta, 27 km (17 mi) west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and 40 km (25 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772; 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).

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Coordinates: 54°05′00″N 20°11′00″E / 54.0833°N 20.1833°E / 54.0833; 20.1833

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