Bliżewo

Bliżewo
Settlement
Bliżewo
Coordinates: 54°17′23″N 19°52′6″E / 54.28972°N 19.86833°E / 54.28972; 19.86833
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Braniewo
Gmina	Płoskinia

Bliżewo [bliˈʐɛvɔ] (German: Blieshöfen) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Płoskinia, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Płoskinia, 11 km (7 mi) south of Braniewo, and 70 km (43 mi) north-west 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.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Płoskinia

Seat	Płoskinia

Other villages	Bliżewo Chruściel Czosnowo Dąbrowa Demity Długobór Długobór-Osada Giedyle Jarzębiec Łojewo Łozy Lubnowo Pielgrzymowo Pierławki Pierzchały Piórkowo Płoskinia-Kolonia Podlechy Robuzy Strubno Stygajny Szalmia Tolkowiec Trąbki Wysoka Braniewska

Coordinates: 54°17′23″N 19°52′6″E / 54.28972°N 19.86833°E / 54.28972; 19.86833

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