Wola, Bartoszyce County

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

Wola [ˈvɔla] 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]

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°18′50″N 20°43′08″E / 54.31389°N 20.71889°E / 54.31389; 20.71889

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