Local time Thursday 6:56 AM | County Bartoszyce Elevation 145 m | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 97% Humidity Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | ||
Worszyny [vɔrˈʂɨnɨ] (German: Worschienen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Górowo Iławeckie, 32 km (20 mi) north-west of Bartoszyce, and 66 km (41 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Map of Worszyny, 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.
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