Zielenica, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Zielenica
Zielenica
Village
	Zielenica
	Coordinates: 54°14′N 20°31′E / 54.233°N 20.517°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Bartoszyce
Gmina	Gmina Górowo Iławeckie
Population	460

Zielenica [ʑɛlɛˈnit͡sa] (German: Grünwalde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1]

It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-east of Górowo Iławeckie, 19 km (12 mi) west of Bartoszyce, and 50 km (31 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn. Above the village, towards the west, lays the highest hill in the area

A vast necropolis was located near Zielenica in the form of individual kurgans separated by several hundred meters. The first mounds, surrounded by a stone circle, were discovered in the late nineteenth century with richly decorated dishes and elements of bronze ornaments in them.^[2]

Population[]

1933: 429
1939: 406^[3]
2008: 460

References[]

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Gmina Górowo Iławeckie. "Przewodnik Gmina Górowo Iławeckie" (PDF).
^ verwaltungsgeschichte.de

Coordinates: 54°14′N 20°31′E / 54.233°N 20.517°E / 54.233; 20.517

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

[2] Gmina Górowo Iławeckie. "Przewodnik Gmina Górowo Iławeckie" (PDF).

[3] verwaltungsgeschichte.de

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