Bogumiły, Węgorzewo County

Bogumiły
Settlement
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Węgorzewo
Gmina Budry

Bogumiły [bɔɡuˈmiwɨ] (German: Amalienhof) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Budry, within Węgorzewo 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°14′30″N 21°51′57″E / 54.24167°N 21.86583°E / 54.24167; 21.86583


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