Żywkowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Żywkowo
Żywkowo
Village
	Żywkowo
	Coordinates: 54°22′15.02″N 20°35′33.14″E / 54.3708389°N 20.5925389°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Bartoszyce
Gmina	Górowo Iławeckie
Population	30

Żywkowo [ʐɨfˈkɔvɔ] (German: Schewecken) 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 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of Górowo Iławeckie, 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Bartoszyce, and 65 km (40 mi) north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

It is one of the most popular Polish so called "Storks villages". For 30 inhabitants accrue about 160 storks and 42 nests.

History[edit]

After World War II the place of German displaced residents, replaced by Ukrainian displaced from the operation "Vistula" and today their descendants inhabit the village.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

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[TERYT-1] "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

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