Sobiechy

Sobiechy
Village
Sobiechy
Coordinates: 54°18′N 21°49′E / 54.300°N 21.817°E / 54.300; 21.817
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Węgorzewo
Gmina Budry

Sobiechy [sɔˈbjɛxɨ] (German: Sobiechen, from 1938-45 Salpen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Budry, within Węgorzewo 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) north-west of Budry, 11 km (7 mi) north-east of Węgorzewo, and 104 km (65 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°18′N 21°49′E / 54.300°N 21.817°E / 54.300; 21.817

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