Siemkowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Siemkowo
Village
Siemkowo
Coordinates: 54°9′47″N 21°33′55″E / 54.16306°N 21.56528°E / 54.16306; 21.56528
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Srokowo

Siemkowo [ɕemˈkɔvɔ] (German Terra) is a village 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 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Srokowo, 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Kętrzyn, and 82 km (51 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°9′47″N 21°33′55″E / 54.16306°N 21.56528°E / 54.16306; 21.56528

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