Żelazki, Gołdap County

Żelazki
Village
Żelazki
Coordinates: 54°13′4″N 22°27′48″E / 54.21778°N 22.46333°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap
Population 120

Żelazki [ʐɛˈlaski] is a village (German: Hallenfelde; 1936-1938: Schielasken; until 1936: Szielasken) in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Gołdap and 138 km (86 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

The village has a population of 120.

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Coordinates: 54°13′4″N 22°27′48″E / 54.21778°N 22.46333°E