Szczecinki

Szczecinki
Village
Szczecinki
Coordinates: 54°4′39″N 22°35′16″E / 54.07750°N 22.58778°E / 54.07750; 22.58778
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Olecko
Gmina	Olecko

Szczecinki [ʂt͡ʂɛˈt͡ɕinki] (German: Eichhorn; until 1916: Szczeczinken)^[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olecko, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[2] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Olecko and 141 km (88 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945, the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

References

↑ after the famous World War I German Field Marshal Hermann von Eichhorn
↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Olecko

Town and seat	Olecko

Villages	Babki Gąseckie Babki Oleckie Biała Olecka Borawskie Borawskie Małe Dąbrowskie Dąbrowskie-Osiedle Dobki Doliwy Duły Gąski Giże Gordejki Gordejki Małe Imionki Imionki PKP Jaśki Judziki Kijewo Kolonia Olecko Kukowo Łęgowo Lenarty Lipkowo Możne Olszewo Pieńki Plewki Przytuły Raczki Wielkie Rosochackie Sedranki Skowronki Ślepie Świdry Szczecinki Wólka Kijewska Zabielne Zajdy Zatyki Zielonówek

Coordinates: 54°4′39″N 22°35′16″E / 54.07750°N 22.58778°E / 54.07750; 22.58778

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