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Country
  
Gmina
  
Pozezdrze

Elevation
  
134 m

County
  
Population
  
1,320

Local time
  
Saturday 5:44 PM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind NW at 19 km/h, 82% Humidity

Voivodeship
  
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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Pozezdrze [pɔˈzɛzdʐɛ] (German: Possessern, from 1938-45 Großgarten) is a village in Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Pozezdrze. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Węgorzewo and 98 km (61 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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Map of Pozezdrze, 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.

The village has a population of 1,320.

Notable residents

  • Ernst Süß (31 August 1912 – 20 December 1943), Luftwaffe pilot
  • References

    Pozezdrze Wikipedia


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