Szalmia | |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Warmian-Masurian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Braniewo |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Płoskinia |
Coordinates: | 54.2897°N 19.8678°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Szalmia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Płoskinia, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-west of Płoskinia, 110NaN0 south of Braniewo, and 700NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, and in 1772–1945 it belonged to Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).