Szczurkowo

Szczurkowo
Village
the manor house of Schönbruch about 1869 (burnt down in 1945)
Szczurkowo
Coordinates: 54°21′12″N 20°54′9″E / 54.35333°N 20.90250°E / 54.35333; 20.90250
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Bartoszyce
Gmina	Sępopol

Szczurkowo [ʂt͡ʂurˈkɔvɔ] (German: Schönbruch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, at the border of Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Sępopol, 14 km (9 mi) north-east of Bartoszyce, and 69 km (43 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles. The initial village is partitioned, the northern area is part of the Kaliningrad Oblast and uninhabited.^[2]

Notable residents

Otto von Bolschwing (1909–1982)

Population

1931:1,004
1939:1,139^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
1 2 ostpreussen.net (German)

External links

color photos of the Church (1943, today destroyed)

Gmina Sępopol

Town and seat	Sępopol

Villages	Boryty Chełmiec Długa Dobroty Domarady Dzietrzychowo Gaj Gierkiny Gulkajmy Judyty Kinwągi Korytki Langanki Lipica Liski Łobzowo Lwowiec Majmławki Masuny Melejdy Miedna Ostre Bardo Park Pasławki Pieny Poniki Prętławki Przewarszyty Retowy Rogielkajmy Romaliny Romankowo Roskajmy Różyna Rusajny Rygarby Śmiardowo Smodajny Smolanka Stopki Szczurkowo Trosiny Turcz Wanikajmy Wiatrowiec Wodukajmy

Coordinates: 54°21′12″N 20°54′9″E / 54.35333°N 20.90250°E / 54.35333; 20.90250

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