Lipniki, Bartoszyce County
For other places with the same name, see Lipniki.
Lipniki | |
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Village | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
County | Bartoszyce |
Gmina | Gmina Górowo Iławeckie |
Lipniki [lipˈniki] (German: Liebnicken) 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). 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°20′38″N 20°20′00″E / 54.34389°N 20.33333°E
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