Stępień, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Stępień [ˈstɛmpjɛɲ] (German: Stangendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Braniewo, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Braniewo and 80 km (50 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). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

The village has a population of 151.

References

Gmina Braniewo

Seat (not part of the gmina)	Braniewo

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