Błędowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Błędowo (disambiguation).
Błędowo
Village
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany

Błędowo [bwɛnˈdɔvɔ] (German Blandau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1]

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°16′49″N 21°19′41″E / 54.28028°N 21.32806°E / 54.28028; 21.32806


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