Turcz

Turcz
Village
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol

Turcz [turt͡ʂ] (German: Thorms) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1]

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

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Coordinates: 54°16′47″N 20°56′30″E / 54.2797°N 20.9416°E / 54.2797; 20.9416

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