Grabowo, Nidzica County

For other places with the same name, see Grabowo.
Grabowo
Village
Grabowo
Coordinates: 53°20′N 20°35′E / 53.333°N 20.583°E / 53.333; 20.583
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Nidzica
Gmina Janowo

Grabowo [ɡraˈbɔvɔ] (German: Hasenheide) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janowo, within Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Nidzica and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 53°20′N 20°35′E / 53.333°N 20.583°E / 53.333; 20.583


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