Opaleniec

Opaleniec
Village
Opaleniec
Coordinates: 53°17′N 20°55′E / 53.283°N 20.917°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County Przasnysz
Gmina Chorzele

Opaleniec [ɔpaˈlɛɲɛt͡s] (German: Flammberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chorzele, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Chorzele, 30 km (19 mi) north of Przasnysz, and 119 km (74 mi) north of Warsaw.

After the falsified East Prussian plebiscite conducted by German authorities the area became part of Weimar Republic and later Nazi Germany. Following World War II, the territory changed hands from Nazi Germany to restored Poland.


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Coordinates: 53°17′N 20°55′E / 53.283°N 20.917°E