Tołkiny

Tołkiny
Village

Church
Tołkiny
Coordinates: 54°6′30″N 21°13′13″E / 54.10833°N 21.22028°E / 54.10833; 21.22028
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Korsze

Tołkiny [tɔu̯ˈkinɨ] (German: Tolkynen (193845:Tolksdorf)) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korsze, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Korsze, 11 km (7 mi) west of Kętrzyn, and 60 km (37 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°6′30″N 21°13′13″E / 54.10833°N 21.22028°E / 54.10833; 21.22028

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