Prętki, Braniewo County

Prętki
Settlement
Prętki
Coordinates: 54°22′19″N 19°47′35″E / 54.37194°N 19.79306°E / 54.37194; 19.79306
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Gmina Braniewo
Population 13

Prętki [ˈprɛntki] (German: Marienhöhe) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Braniewo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Braniewo and 80 km (50 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The settlement has a population of 13.

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Coordinates: 54°22′19″N 19°47′35″E / 54.37194°N 19.79306°E / 54.37194; 19.79306


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