Glinka, Braniewo County

Glinka
Village
Glinka
Coordinates: 54°20′44″N 19°48′1″E / 54.34556°N 19.80028°E / 54.34556; 19.80028
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Gmina Braniewo
Population 192

Glinka [ˈɡlinka] (German: Hermannshof)[1] 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.[2] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Braniewo and 78 km (48 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Originally inhabited by the Baltic Old Prussians, 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). The village has a population of 192.

References

  1. ↑ M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 54°20′44″N 19°48′1″E / 54.34556°N 19.80028°E / 54.34556; 19.80028

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