Zielenica, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Zielenica [ʑɛlɛˈnit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Górowo Iławeckie, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.^[1] Above the village, towards the west, lays the highest hill in the area

Country Poland

Population

460

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Zielenica
Village
Zielenica Location within Poland
Coordinates: 54°14′N 20°31′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Bartoszyce
Gmina	Górowo Iławeckie
Population	460

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A vast necropolis was located near Zielenica in the form of individual kurgans separated by several hundred meters. The first mounds, surrounded by a stone circle, were discovered in the late nineteenth century with richly decorated dishes and elements of bronze ornaments in them.^[2]