Szczeciny

Szczeciny
Village
Szczeciny
Coordinates: 54°15′23″N 20°35′53″E / 54.25639°N 20.59806°E / 54.25639; 20.59806
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Szczeciny [ʂt͡ʂɛˈt͡ɕinɨ] (German: Stettinnen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Bartoszyce and 53 km (33 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°15′23″N 20°35′53″E / 54.25639°N 20.59806°E / 54.25639; 20.59806

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