Bitkowo, Gołdap County

Bitkowo [bitˈkɔvɔ] (German: Bittkau; until 1938: Bittkowen) 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. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Gołdap and 142 km (88 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Map of Bitkowo, Poland

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Most Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.