Wiatrowiec, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Wiatrowiec.

Wiatrowiec
Village
Train station "Wiatrowiec Warmiński"
Wiatrowiec
Coordinates: 54°14′N 20°57′E / 54.233°N 20.950°E / 54.233; 20.950
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Bartoszyce
Gmina	Sępopol

Wiatrowiec [vjaˈtrɔvjɛt͡s] (German: Wöterkeim) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Sępopol, 10 km (6 mi) east of Bartoszyce, and 58 km (36 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area belonged to Germany as part of Landkreis Bartenstein in the Province of East Prussia. Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

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Gmina Sępopol

Town and seat	Sępopol

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