Pleśno, Bartoszyce County

For other places with the same name, see Plesno.
Pleśno
Village
Pleśno
Coordinates: 54°7′N 21°3′E / 54.117°N 21.050°E / 54.117; 21.050
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Bisztynek

Pleśno [ˈplɛɕnɔ] (German Plößen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bisztynek, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Bisztynek, 23 km (14 mi) south-east of Bartoszyce, and 52 km (32 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772; 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).

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Coordinates: 54°07′00″N 21°03′00″E / 54.1167°N 21.0500°E / 54.1167; 21.0500


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