Barany | |
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: | Świętajno |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1562 |
Coordinates: | 54.0919°N 22.3414°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 60 |
Registration Plate: | NOE |
Barany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świętajno, within Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1]
It lies approximately 13km (08miles) north-west of Olecko and 1260NaN0 east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is part of the region of Masuria.
Barany was founded in 1562 by Stańko Baran and Błażej Krzywiński, who bought land to establish a village.[2] It was named after one of its founders.[2] As of 1600, the population of the village was solely Polish.[2] In 1939, it had a population of 147.[2]