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Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
County | Kętrzyn |
Gmina | Barciany |
Kolwiny [kɔlˈvinɨ] 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 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Barciany, 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Kętrzyn, and 68 km (42 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).