Gorłówko

Gorłówko
Village
Gorłówko
Coordinates: 53°58′N 22°13′E / 53.967°N 22.217°E / 53.967; 22.217
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Ełk
Gmina Stare Juchy

Gorłówko [ɡɔrˈwufkɔ] (German: Gorlowken; 1938-1945: Gorlau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Juchy, within Ełk County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Stare Juchy, 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Ełk, and 115 km (71 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the area was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.

References

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


Coordinates: 53°58′00″N 22°13′00″E / 53.9667°N 22.2167°E / 53.9667; 22.2167


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