Szczurkowo

Szczurkowo
Village
the manor house of Schönbruch about 1869 (burnt down in 1945)
Szczurkowo
Coordinates: 54°21′12″N 20°54′9″E / 54.35333°N 20.90250°E / 54.35333; 20.90250
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol

Szczurkowo [ʂt͡ʂurˈkɔvɔ] (German: Schönbruch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, at the border of Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Sępopol, 14 km (9 mi) north-east of Bartoszyce, and 69 km (43 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). The initial village is partitioned, the northern area is part of the Kaliningrad Oblast and uninhabited.[2]

Notable residents

Population

  • 1931:1,004
  • 1939:1,139[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. 1 2 ostpreussen.net (in German)


Coordinates: 54°21′12″N 20°54′9″E / 54.35333°N 20.90250°E / 54.35333; 20.90250


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