Silec

Silec
—  Village  —
Silec
Coordinates:
Country Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Srokowo

Silec [ˈɕilɛt​͡s] (German Schülzen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Srokowo, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Srokowo, 15 km (9 mi) north-east of Kętrzyn, and 81 km (50 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

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

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