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Lesiny Małe

Lesiny Małe
Village
Lesiny Małe is located in Poland
Lesiny Małe
Lesiny Małe
Coordinates: 53°24′N 21°8′E / 53.400°N 21.133°E / 53.400; 21.133
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Szczytno
Gmina Wielbark

Lesiny Małe [lɛˈɕinɨ ˈmawɛ] (German: Klein Leschienen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielbark, within Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Wielbark, 21 km (13 mi) south-east of Szczytno, and 60 km (37 mi) south-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). In the East Prussian plebiscite of 1920, the inhabitants voted to remain in Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Most Germans fled or were expelled and replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union or Ukrainians forced to settle in the area through Operation Vistula in 1947.


Coordinates: 53°24′00″N 21°08′00″E / 53.4000°N 21.1333°E / 53.4000; 21.1333


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