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Tolkowiec

Tolkowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina PÅ‚oskinia, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of PÅ‚oskinia, south-east of Braniewo, and north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772; 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany ( East Prussia). After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.