Arklity

Arklity
Village
Arklity
Coordinates: 54°17′47″N 21°20′42″E / 54.29639°N 21.34500°E / 54.29639; 21.34500
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Kętrzyn
Gmina Barciany

Arklity ([arˈklitɨ]; German: Arklitten) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Barciany, 24 km (15 mi) north of Kętrzyn, and 80 km (50 mi) north-east 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°17′47″N 21°20′42″E / 54.29639°N 21.34500°E / 54.29639; 21.34500

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