Retowy

Retowy
Village
Retowy
Coordinates: 54°20′28″N 20°55′39″E / 54.34111°N 20.92750°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol

Retowy [rɛˈtɔvɨ] (German: Rettauen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Sępopol, 14 km (9 mi) north-east of Bartoszyce, and 68 km (42 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°20′28″N 20°55′39″E / 54.34111°N 20.92750°E