Country Poland Gmina Gołdap | County Gołdap Local time Friday 6:53 PM | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 88% Humidity Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | ||
Pietrasze [pjɛˈtraʂɛ] (German: Rauental, until 1938: Pietraschen) 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 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Gołdap and 130 km (81 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Map of Pietrasze, 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 or forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.