See also: Zielenica, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
| Zielenica | |
| 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: | Górowo Iławeckie |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 54.2333°N 51°W |
| Population Total: | 460 |
Zielenica is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1]
It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south-east of Górowo Iławeckie, 190NaN0 west of Bartoszyce, and 500NaN0 north of the regional capital Olsztyn. Above the village, towards the west, lays the highest hill in the area
A vast necropolis was located near Zielenica in the form of individual kurgans separated by several hundred meters. The first mounds, surrounded by a stone circle, were discovered in the late nineteenth century with richly decorated dishes and elements of bronze ornaments in them.[2]