Gryźliny, Olsztyn County

Gryźliny
Village
Gryźliny
Coordinates: 53°37′N 20°21′E / 53.617°N 20.350°E / 53.617; 20.350
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Olsztyn County
Gmina Stawiguda
Population 1,000

Gryźliny [ɡrɨˈʑlinɨ] (German: Grieslienen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiguda, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Stawiguda and 21 km (13 mi) south-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 1,000.

There's an abandoned German WWII airport southeast of the village.

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Coordinates: 53°37′00″N 20°21′00″E / 53.6167°N 20.3500°E / 53.6167; 20.3500


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