Opin

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Opin
Village
Opin
Coordinates: 54°6′48″N 20°12′26″E / 54.11333°N 20.20722°E / 54.11333; 20.20722
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Lidzbark
Gmina Orneta

Opin [ˈɔpin] (German: Open) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orneta, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]

It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Orneta, 25 km (16 mi) west of Lidzbark Warmiński, and 42 km (26 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°06′48″N 20°12′26″E / 54.11333°N 20.20722°E / 54.11333; 20.20722

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