Czarnowo Wielkie

Czarnowo Wielkie
Village
Czarnowo Wielkie
Coordinates: 54°18′54″N 22°27′2″E / 54.31500°N 22.45056°E / 54.31500; 22.45056
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap

Czarnowo Wielkie [t͡ʂarˈnɔvɔ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] (German: Holzeck; until 1938: Groß Jodupp) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Gołdap and 141 km (88 mi) north-east 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′54″N 22°27′2″E / 54.31500°N 22.45056°E / 54.31500; 22.45056

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