| Babki Oleckie | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Olecko |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Olecko |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1562 |
| Coordinates: | 54.0833°N 52°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | NOE |
Babki Oleckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Olecko, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Olecko and 1360NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is part of the region of Masuria.
Babki was founded in 1562 by Piotr Klimaszewski and Marcin Czerwonka, who bought land to establish a village.[2] As of 1600, the population of the village was solely Polish.[2] A mill was built before 1640.[2] In 1938, during a massive campaign of renaming of placenames, the government of Nazi Germany renamed it to Lagenquell in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin.[2] In 1939, it had a population of 399.[2] Following Germany's defeat in World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland and its historic Polish name was restored with the addition of the adjective Oleckie after the nearby town and county seat of Olecko to distinguish it from other villages of the same name in Poland.