Wołowno

Wołowno
Village
Wołowno
Coordinates: 53°49′N 20°12′E / 53.817°N 20.200°E / 53.817; 20.200
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Olsztyn County
Gmina Jonkowo

Wołowno [vɔˈwɔvnɔ] (German: Windtken) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jonkowo, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Jonkowo and 21 km (13 mi) west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772; 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).

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Coordinates: 53°49′N 20°12′E / 53.817°N 20.200°E / 53.817; 20.200


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