Drogosze

Drogosze
Village
Drogosze
Coordinates: 54°13′N 21°14′E / 54.217°N 21.233°E / 54.217; 21.233
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany
Population 597

Drogosze [drɔˈɡɔʂɛ] (German: Dönhoffstädt) 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] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) west of Barciany, 18 km (11 mi) north-west of Kętrzyn, and 68 km (42 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

The village has a population of 597.

Dönhoffstädt Palace

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Coordinates: 54°13′N 21°14′E / 54.217°N 21.233°E / 54.217; 21.233

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