Wilczyny

Wilczyny
Village
Wilczyny
Coordinates: 54°15′N 21°28′E / 54.250°N 21.467°E / 54.250; 21.467
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Srokowo

Wilczyny [vilˈt͡ʂɨnɨ] (German Wolfshagen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Srokowo, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Srokowo, 20 km (12 mi) north of Kętrzyn, and 82 km (51 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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Coordinates: 54°15′N 21°28′E / 54.250°N 21.467°E / 54.250; 21.467

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