Kiersity, Bartoszyce County

Kiersity
Village
Kiersity
Coordinates: 54°14′N 20°42′E / 54.233°N 20.700°E / 54.233; 20.700
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Kiersity [kʲɛrˈɕitɨ] (German: Kirschitten) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Bartoszyce and 52 km (32 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°14′00″N 20°42′00″E / 54.2333°N 20.7000°E / 54.2333; 20.7000

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