Widgiry

Widgiry
Village
Widgiry
Coordinates: 54°19′N 22°5′E / 54.317°N 22.083°E / 54.317; 22.083
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Banie Mazurskie

Widgiry [vidˈɡirɨ] (German: Wittgirren, from 1938-45 Wittbach) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie Mazurskie, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Banie Mazurskie, 15 km (9 mi) west of Gołdap, and 120 km (75 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°19′N 22°5′E / 54.317°N 22.083°E / 54.317; 22.083

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