Kumkiejmy

Kumkiejmy
Village
Kumkiejmy
Coordinates: 54°21′N 20°31′E / 54.350°N 20.517°E / 54.350; 20.517
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Górowo Iławeckie

Kumkiejmy [kumˈkʲɛi̯mɨ] (German: Kumkeim) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Górowo Iławeckie, 22 km (14 mi) north-west of Bartoszyce, and 63 km (39 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°20′42″N 20°31′24″E / 54.3450°N 20.5233°E / 54.3450; 20.5233

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