Glinka, Braniewo County

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Glinka
Village
Glinka
Coordinates: 54°20′44″N 19°48′1″E / 54.34556°N 19.80028°E / 54.34556; 19.80028
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Gmina Braniewo
Population 192

Glinka [ˈɡlinka] (German: Hermannshof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Braniewo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Braniewo and 78 km (48 mi) north-west 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).

The village has a population of 192.

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Coordinates: 54°20′44″N 19°48′1″E / 54.34556°N 19.80028°E / 54.34556; 19.80028

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