Szczurkowo
Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
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Szczurkowo [ʂt͡ʂurˈkɔvɔ] (German: Schönbruch) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, at the border of Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1]
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| Coordinates: 54°21′12″N 20°54′9″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Bartoszyce |
| Gmina | Sępopol |
Modern-day Szczurkowo is the southern part of the village that was partitioned in 1945 by the Poland–Russia border. The northern part is in the Kaliningrad Oblast and uninhabited.[2]
Notable residents
- Otto von Bolschwing (1909–1982), SS-Hauptsturmführer, intelligence officer and businessman
Population
- 1931: 1,004
- 1939: 1,139[2]
Wildlife
Szczurkowo is one of the largest nesting sites of the white stork in Poland, with several pairs breeding here annually.[citation needed]
