Solkieniki

Solkieniki
Village
Solkieniki
Coordinates: 54°17′10″N 21°13′1″E / 54.28611°N 21.21694°E / 54.28611; 21.21694
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany

Solkieniki [sɔlkʲɛˈniki] (German Solknick) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Barciany, 25 km (16 mi) north-west of Kętrzyn, and 73 km (45 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

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Coordinates: 54°17′10″N 21°13′1″E / 54.28611°N 21.21694°E / 54.28611; 21.21694

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