Sawity

Sawity
Village
Sawity
Coordinates: 54°18′N 20°8′E / 54.300°N 20.133°E / 54.300; 20.133
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Pieniężno

Sawity [saˈvitɨ] (German: Engelswalde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pieniężno, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Pieniężno, 22 km (14 mi) south-east of Braniewo, and 63 km (39 mi) north-west 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).

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Coordinates: 54°18′N 20°8′E / 54.300°N 20.133°E / 54.300; 20.133

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