Kietlice, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

For the village in Opole Voivodeship, see Kietlice.
Kietlice
Settlement
Kietlice is located in Poland
Kietlice
Kietlice
Coordinates: 54°09′25″N 21°39′27″E / 54.15694°N 21.65750°E / 54.15694; 21.65750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyWęgorzewo
GminaWęgorzewo
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNWE

Kietlice [kʲɛˈtlit͡sɛ] (German: Kittlitz) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Węgorzewo, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is located on the western shore of Lake Mamry in the region of Masuria, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.

For centuries, it remained an ethnically Polish village, and as of 1719, it had an exclusively Polish population.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV (in Polish). Warsaw. 1883. p. 51.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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