What is "pierwagi"

Pierwągi (German Porwangen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeziorany, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Jeziorany and north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany ( East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.