Wołowo

Wołowo
Village
Wołowo
Coordinates: 54°19′N 20°10′E / 54.317°N 20.167°E / 54.317; 20.167
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Lelkowo

Wołowo [vɔˈwɔvɔ] (German: Wohlau, Kreis Heiligenbeil)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lelkowo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[2] It lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Braniewo and 64 km (40 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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


References

  1. ↑ "Former Territory of Germany" (in German). 2017-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 54°19′N 20°10′E / 54.317°N 20.167°E / 54.317; 20.167


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