Skandawa
Skandawa [skanˈdava] (German: Skandau) is a village in northern Poland, lying close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. Located in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany, Kętrzyn County, and the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship,[1]
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Coordinates: 54°16′22″N 21°15′9″E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
County | Kętrzyn |
Gmina | Barciany |
It lies 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Barciany, 23 km (14 mi) north-north-west of Kętrzyn, and 75 km (47 mi) north-east of the regional capital, Olsztyn.
The 390-km-long Line 353 of Polish State Railways (PKP) connects Poznań to Skandawa and the Russian border (8 km north-east of Skandawa and 3 km south-west of Zheleznodorozhny) via Olsztyn and Korsze. Since 2000 the final stretch from Korsze to the border has been a freight-only branch, and the railway station at Korsze (15 km to the south-west) is today Skandawa's nearest passenger facility.
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