Kietlice, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Explained

Kietlice
Settlement Type:Settlement
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Węgorzewo
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Węgorzewo
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.1569°N 21.6575°W
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:NWE

Kietlice (German: Kittlitz) is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Węgorzewo, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It is located on the western shore of Lake Mamry in the region of Masuria, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.

For centuries, it remained an ethnically Polish village, and as of 1719, it had an exclusively Polish population.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: . Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IV. 1883. pl. Warsaw. 51.