Zakrzewiec

Zakrzewiec
Village
Zakrzewiec
Coordinates: 54°20′51″N 19°56′41″E / 54.34750°N 19.94472°E / 54.34750; 19.94472
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Braniewo
Gmina	Gmina Braniewo
Population	104

Zakrzewiec [zaˈkʂɛvjɛt͡s] (German: Vogelsang) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Braniewo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Braniewo and 73 km (45 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia). The former German name is "Vogelsang". Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The village has a population of 104.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Braniewo

Seat (not part of the gmina)	Braniewo

Villages	Bemowizna Bobrowiec Brzeszczyny Cielętnik Działy Elżbiecin Garbina Glinka Goleszewo Grodzie Gronówko Gronowo Grzechotki Grzędowo Jarocin Józefowo Kalina Kalinówek Kiersy Klejnówko Klejnowo Krasnolipie Krzewno Lipowina Maciejewo Marcinkowo Mikołajewo Młoteczno Nowa Pasłęka Pęciszewo Podgórze Podleśne Prątnik Prętki Rogity Różaniec Rudłowo Rusy Rydzówka Stara Pasłęka Stępień Strubiny Świętochowo Szyleny Ujście Ułowo Wielewo Wikielec Wilki Wola Lipowska Zakrzewiec Zawierz Żelazna Góra Zgoda

Coordinates: 54°20′51″N 19°56′41″E / 54.34750°N 19.94472°E / 54.34750; 19.94472

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