Kalkowo

Kalkowo
Village
Kalkowo
Coordinates: 54°17′16″N 22°25′5″E / 54.28778°N 22.41806°E / 54.28778; 22.41806
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap

Kalkowo [kalˈkɔvɔ] (German: Kalkau, until 1938 Kalkowen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Gołdap and 138 km (86 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

References

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


Coordinates: 54°17′16″N 22°25′5″E / 54.28778°N 22.41806°E / 54.28778; 22.41806

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