Unikowo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Unikowo
Village
Unikowo
Coordinates: 54°2′54″N 20°59′14″E / 54.04833°N 20.98722°E / 54.04833; 20.98722
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Bisztynek
Population 620
Website http://www.unikowo.tk

Unikowo [uniˈkɔvɔ] (German Glockstein) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bisztynek, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Bisztynek, 26 km (16 mi) south-east of Bartoszyce, and 44 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772; 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and 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 620.

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Coordinates: 54°2′54″N 20°59′14″E / 54.04833°N 20.98722°E / 54.04833; 20.98722

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