Silice
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Silice | |
Coordinates: 53°46′N 20°38′E / 53.767°N 20.633°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
County | Olsztyn County |
Gmina | Purda |
Silice [ɕiˈlit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Purda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Purda and 9 km (6 mi) east 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).