Wojciechy, Bartoszyce County

Wojciechy
Village
Wojciechy
Coordinates: 54°15′41″N 20°40′4″E / 54.26139°N 20.66778°E / 54.26139; 20.66778
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce
Population 548
Website www.wojciechy-city.pl

Wojciechy [vɔi̯ˈt͡ɕexɨ] (German: Albrechtsdorf)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[2] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Bartoszyce and 84 km (52 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

The village has a population of 548 (February 2011).

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°15′41″N 20°40′4″E / 54.26139°N 20.66778°E / 54.26139; 20.66778

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