Wojkowo

Wojkowo
Village
Wojkowo
Coordinates: 54°6′N 21°1′E / 54.100°N 21.017°E / 54.100; 21.017
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Bisztynek

Wojkowo [vɔi̯ˈkɔvɔ] (German: Heinrichsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bisztynek, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Bisztynek, 22 km (14 mi) south-east of Bartoszyce, and 49 km (30 mi) north-east 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: 54°6′N 21°1′E / 54.100°N 21.017°E / 54.100; 21.017

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