Country Poland Gmina Gołdap | County Gołdap Local time Saturday 12:48 PM | |
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Weather 5°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 79% Humidity Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | ||
Jeziorki Wielkie [jɛˈʑɔrki ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] (German: Schöntal; until 1930: Groß Jesziorken) 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 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-west of Gołdap and 123 km (76 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Map of Jeziorki Wielkie, Poland
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the area was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.