Grabowo, Gołdap County (original) (raw)

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Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Grabowo
Village
Church in GrabowoChurch in Grabowo
Grabowo is located in PolandGrabowoGrabowo
Coordinates: 54°13′N 22°14′E / 54.217°N 22.233°E / 54.217; 22.233
Country Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration NGO
Voivodeship roads

Grabowo [ɡraˈbɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 13 km (8 mi) south-west of Gołdap and 124 km (77 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in the historic region of Masuria.

The local church was founded in 1589.[2] In the late 19th century, the village had a population of 521, Polish by ethnicity and Lutheran by confession.[2]

  1. ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
  2. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warsaw. 1881. p. 788.{{[cite book](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fbook "Template:Cite book")}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)