northeastern Poland

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Northeastern Poland is a historical region along the Baltic coast that once formed part of Old Prussia and today borders Lithuania, Belarus, and Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
north-eastern Poland 7
northeastern Poland canonical 5
northern Poland 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
bordersCountry Belarus
Lithuania
Russia
bordersRegion Kaliningrad Oblast
climate humid continental climate
containsCity Augustów
Białystok
Elbląg
Ełk
Giżycko
Olsztyn
Suwałki
Łomża
containsHistoricalRegion Masuria
Podlachia
linked to: Podlasie

Suwalki Region
linked to: Suwalki Governorate

Warmia
containsLakeDistrict Masurian Lake District
containsProtectedArea Białowieża Forest
Biebrza National Park
Narew National Park
Wigry National Park
containsVoivodeship Podlaskie
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
country Poland
dominantReligion Roman Catholicism
hasCoastOn Baltic Sea
hasMinorityLanguage Belarusian
German
Lithuanian
Russian
Ukrainian
Yiddish
hasReligion Eastern Orthodoxy
Judaism
Protestantism
historicallyAffectedBy Partitions of Poland
World War I
World War II
historicallyInhabitedBy Belarusians
Lithuanians
Masurians
Old Prussians
Podlachians
linked to: Podlasie

Poles
Yiddish-speaking Jews
historicallyPartOf Old Prussia
linked to: Duchy of Prussia

Prussia
historicallyRuledBy German Empire
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Second Polish Republic
Teutonic Order
knownFor biodiversity
ecotourism
forests
lakes
wetlands
locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Poland
partOf Baltic region
linked to: Baltic Sea region
traversedByRiver Biebrza River
Bug River
Narew River
Neman River
Vistula River

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Prussian language spokenIn northeastern Poland
Olecko locatedIn northeastern Poland
Świętajno (Olecko County) region north-eastern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Korsze locatedIn northern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Wilczęta partOf north-eastern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Kowale Oleckie region northern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Podlachian dialect region northeastern Poland
Milejewo partOf north-eastern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Srokowo locatedInRegion northern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Srokowo locatedInGeographicRegion north-eastern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Smołdzino locatedInRegion northern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Pisz castle ruins locatedIn northeastern Poland
Gmina Prostki locatedInRegion north-eastern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Teutonic castle in Barciany locatedInRegion northern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Śniardwy Lake locatedIn north-eastern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny region north-eastern Poland
linked to: northeastern Poland
Puszcza Romincka Landscape Park locatedIn northeastern Poland