Babki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Babki
Village
Babki
Coordinates: 54°13′34″N 22°26′59″E / 54.22611°N 22.44972°E / 54.22611; 22.44972
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap
Population 210

Babki [ˈbapki] (German: Steinbrück; until 1938: Babken) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Gołdap and 137 km (85 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

The village has a population of 210.

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Coordinates: 54°13′34″N 22°26′59″E / 54.22611°N 22.44972°E / 54.22611; 22.44972

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