Ardapy

Ardapy
Village
Ardapy
Coordinates: 54°14′N 20°46′E / 54.233°N 20.767°E / 54.233; 20.767
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Gmina Bartoszyce

Ardapy [arˈdapɨ] (German: Ardappen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Bartoszyce and 53 km (33 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area belonged to Germany as part of Landkreis Bartenstein in the Province of East Prussia. After World War II the region was divided between Poland and the Soviet Union.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 54°14′N 20°46′E / 54.233°N 20.767°E / 54.233; 20.767

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