Żywy

Żywy
Village
Żywy
Coordinates: 54°3′30″N 22°2′8″E / 54.05833°N 22.03556°E / 54.05833; 22.03556
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Giżycko
Gmina Kruklanki
Population 170

Żywy [ˈʐɨvɨ] (German: Siewen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kruklanki, within Giżycko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Giżycko and 106 km (66 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the area was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.

The village has a population of 170.

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Coordinates: 54°3′30″N 22°2′8″E / 54.05833°N 22.03556°E / 54.05833; 22.03556


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