Dąbie, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Dąbie.
Dąbie
Village
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap

Dąbie [ˈdɔmbjɛ] (German: Eichenort) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1]

Before 1945, the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°12′42″N 22°09′33″E / 54.21167°N 22.15917°E / 54.21167; 22.15917

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