Bronisze, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Bronisze
Village
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap

Bronisze [brɔˈniʂɛ] (German: Wittichsfelde) 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.[1]

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°16′18″N 22°26′25″E / 54.27167°N 22.44028°E / 54.27167; 22.44028

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