Cerkiewnik

Cerkiewnik
Village
Cerkiewnik
Coordinates: 53°55′N 20°24′E / 53.917°N 20.400°E / 53.917; 20.400
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Olsztyn County
Gmina Dobre Miasto
Population 760

Cerkiewnik [t͡sɛrˈkʲɛvnik] (German Münsterberg) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobre Miasto, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Dobre Miasto and 17 km (11 mi) north-west 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).

The village has a population of 760.

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Coordinates: 53°55′N 20°24′E / 53.917°N 20.400°E / 53.917; 20.400

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