Barciany

Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Barciany

Village

Barciany Castle, a castle of the Teutonic Knights

Coat of arms

Barciany

Coordinates: 54°13′N 21°21′E﻿ / ﻿54.217°N 21.350°E﻿ / 54.217; 21.350
Country|  Poland
Voivodeship|  Warmian-Masurian
County| Kętrzyn
Gmina| Barciany
Elevation

| 68 m (223 ft)
Population

| 1,100
Website| http://www.barciany.pl

Barciany (Polish: [barˈt͡ɕanɨ]) is a village in Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Barciany.[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Kętrzyn and 74 km (46 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Its name originates from the name of an Old Prussian tribe, the Bartians. An Ordensburg was erected in 1325, but stone was not used until 1377.

After Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, the town was part of the region that became part of Poland under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement.

## Notable people[edit]

* Hermann Gemmel (1813 in Barten – 1868 in Königsberg), a German architect, painter, and art teacher at the Kunstakademie Königsberg.

## References[edit]

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

## Further reading[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barciany.

* Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Burgen des deutschen Mittelalters. Grundriss-Lexikon (in German). Flechsig. p. 693\. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.

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Gmina Barciany

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* Barciany

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