Wysieka

Wysieka
Settlement
Wysieka
Coordinates: 54°18′15″N 20°43′42″E / 54.30417°N 20.72833°E
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Wysieka [vɨˈɕeka] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland; it is close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Bartoszyce and 60 km (37 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′15″N 20°43′42″E / 54.30417°N 20.72833°E