Zawady, Gołdap County

For other places with the same name, see Zawady (disambiguation).
Zawady
Village
Zawady
Coordinates: 54°12′N 22°6′E / 54.200°N 22.100°E / 54.200; 22.100
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Banie Mazurskie
Population 200

Zawady [zaˈvadɨ] (German: Herbsthausen; until 1938: Sawadden) 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 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Banie Mazurskie, 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Gołdap, and 115 km (71 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945, the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

The village has a population of 200.

References

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


Coordinates: 54°12′00″N 22°06′00″E / 54.2000°N 22.1000°E / 54.2000; 22.1000


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