Wyrębiska

Wyrębiska
Village
Wyrębiska
Coordinates: 54°16′N 20°4′E / 54.267°N 20.067°E / 54.267; 20.067
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Braniewo
Gmina Pieniężno

Wyrębiska [vɨrɛmˈbiska] (German: Lichtwalde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pieniężno, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Pieniężno, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Braniewo, and 61 km (38 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°16′N 20°4′E / 54.267°N 20.067°E / 54.267; 20.067


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