Stępień, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Stępień
Village
Stępień
Coordinates: 54°21′43″N 19°46′12″E / 54.36194°N 19.77000°E / 54.36194; 19.77000
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Gmina Braniewo
Population 151

Stępień [ˈstɛmpjɛɲ] (German: Stangendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Braniewo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Braniewo and 80 km (50 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). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The village has a population of 151.

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Coordinates: 54°21′43″N 19°46′12″E / 54.36194°N 19.77000°E / 54.36194; 19.77000


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