Rypławki

Rypławki
Settlement
Rypławki
Coordinates: 54°8′35″N 21°31′45″E / 54.14306°N 21.52917°E / 54.14306; 21.52917
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Srokowo

Rypławki [rɨˈpwafki] (German Riplauken) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Srokowo, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Srokowo, 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Kętrzyn, and 79 km (49 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°8′35″N 21°31′45″E / 54.14306°N 21.52917°E / 54.14306; 21.52917


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