Żytkiejmy

Żytkiejmy
Village
Żytkiejmy
Coordinates: 54°20′N 22°41′E / 54.333°N 22.683°E / 54.333; 22.683
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Dubeninki
Population 907

Żytkiejmy [ʐɨtˈkʲɛi̯mɨ] (German: Szittkehmen until 1936, 1936-38 Schittkehmen, 1938-46 Wehrkirchen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubeninki, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Dubeninki, 25 km (16 mi) east of Gołdap, and 156 km (97 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945, the area was part of Germany (East Prussia), and Stalin gave it to Poland in 1951.

The village has a population of 907.

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Coordinates: 54°20′N 22°41′E / 54.333°N 22.683°E / 54.333; 22.683


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