Sokoły, Gołdap County

For other places with the same name, see Sokoły.
Sokoły
Village
Sokoły
Coordinates: 54°15′37″N 22°9′35″E / 54.26028°N 22.15972°E / 54.26028; 22.15972
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Gołdap
Gmina Gołdap

Sokoły [sɔˈkɔwɨ] (German: Hainholz, until 1938: Sokollen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south-west of Gołdap and 121 km (75 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

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Coordinates: 54°15′37″N 22°9′35″E / 54.26028°N 22.15972°E / 54.26028; 22.15972


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