Nowa Boćwinka

Nowa Boćwinka
Village
Nowa Boćwinka
Coordinates: 54°15′N 22°11′E / 54.250°N 22.183°E / 54.250; 22.183
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap

Nowa Boćwinka [ˈnɔva bɔt͡ɕˈfinka] (German: Neu Herandstal, until 1938 Neu Bodschwingken) 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 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Gołdap and 122 km (76 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°15′00″N 22°11′00″E / 54.2500°N 22.1833°E / 54.2500; 22.1833


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