Lusiny Explained

Lusiny
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Warmian-Masurian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bartoszyce
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Bartoszyce
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:54.2167°N 73°W

Lusiny (German: Losgehnen)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[2] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south-east of Bartoszyce and 550NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

In early 1945 the entire male population was executed by the Soviet Army.[3]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kaemmerer, Margarete. Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße . 2004. 3-7921-0368-0. German.
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  3. http://lidzbarkwarminski.wm.pl/413350,Friedrich-Tischler-ornitolog-i-sedzia-z-Heilsberga.html#axzz4v1EY4rLu lidzbarkwarminski.wm.pl