Klon, Szczytno County

Klon
Village
Klon
Coordinates: 53°27′N 21°16′E / 53.450°N 21.267°E / 53.450; 21.267
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Szczytno
Gmina Rozogi
Population 480

Klon [klɔn] is a village (German: Liebenberg) in the administrative district of Gmina Rozogi, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Rozogi, 23 km (14 mi) south-east of Szczytno, and 63 km (39 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the area was placed under Polish administration according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.

The village has a population of 480.

References


Coordinates: 53°27′N 21°16′E / 53.450°N 21.267°E / 53.450; 21.267

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.