Żydowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Żydowo
Village
Żydowo
Coordinates: 54°18′40″N 20°50′24″E / 54.31111°N 20.84000°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Żydowo [ʐɨˈdɔvɔ] (German: Siddau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Bartoszyce and 63 km (39 mi) north 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.

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Coordinates: 54°18′40″N 20°50′24″E / 54.31111°N 20.84000°E