Gwiździny, Nowe Miasto County

Gwiździny
Village
Gwiździny
Coordinates: 53°23′42″N 19°39′8″E / 53.39500°N 19.65222°E / 53.39500; 19.65222
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Nowe Miasto
Gmina Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Elevation 130 m (430 ft)

Gwiździny [ɡviʑˈd͡ʑinɨ] (German: Quesendorf)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, within Nowe Miasto County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Mszanowo (the gmina seat), 6 km (4 mi) south-east of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, and 71 km (44 mi) south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

During the Second World War it was the site of the Gwisdyn subcamp of the Nazi Stutthof concentration camp.

References

  1. "Former Territory of Germany" (in German). 2017-11-11.
  2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 53°23′42″N 19°39′08″E / 53.39500°N 19.65222°E / 53.39500; 19.65222


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