Wesołowo, Węgorzewo County

For other places with the same name, see Wesołowo.
Wesołowo
Village
Wesołowo
Coordinates: 54°18′N 21°37′E / 54.300°N 21.617°E / 54.300; 21.617
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Węgorzewo
Gmina Węgorzewo

Wesołowo [vɛsɔˈwɔvɔ] (German: Gross Wessolowen, from 1938-45 Raudensee) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgorzewo, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Węgorzewo and 93 km (58 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′00″N 21°37′00″E / 54.3000°N 21.6167°E / 54.3000; 21.6167


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