Place:Wernersdorf, Marienburg, Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany

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NameWernersdorf
Alt namesPogorzała Wieśsource: Wikipedia
TypeVillage
Coordinates53.97314°N 18.93124°E
Located inMarienburg, Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany     ( - 1919)
Also located inMalborski, Gdańsk, Poland     (1945 - )
Groß Werder, Westpreußen, Preußen, Germany    
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Pogorzała Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miłoradz, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Miłoradz, south-west of Malbork, and south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, September 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. In 1945 returned to Poland. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 440.

The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO) has an article on Wernersdorf.

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