Barciszewo

Barciszewo
Village
Barciszewo
Coordinates: 54°17′3″N 20°40′50″E / 54.28417°N 20.68056°E / 54.28417; 20.68056
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Barciszewo [bart͡ɕiˈʂɛvɔ] (German: Bartelsdorf) 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.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Bartoszyce and 57 km (35 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was divided between Poland and the Soviet Union.

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Coordinates: 54°17′3″N 20°40′50″E / 54.28417°N 20.68056°E / 54.28417; 20.68056

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