Kiwajny

Kiwajny
Village
Kiwajny
Coordinates: 54°22′N 20°24′E / 54.367°N 20.400°E / 54.367; 20.400
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Górowo Iławeckie

Kiwajny [kiˈvai̯nɨ] (German Quehnen) 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] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Górowo Iławeckie, 30 km (19 mi) north-west of Bartoszyce, and 66 km (41 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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


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Coordinates: 54°22′17″N 20°23′30″E / 54.3714°N 20.3917°E / 54.3714; 20.3917

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