Drozdowo d is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Kowale Oleckie

Gmina Kowale Oleckie

Gmina Kowale Oleckie is a rural gmina in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kowale Oleckie, which lies approximately north of Olecko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, within Olecko County

Olecko County

Olecko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Its administrative seat and only town is Olecko, which lies east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

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, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Kowale Oleckie

Kowale Oleckie

Kowale Oleckie is a village in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Kowale Oleckie...

, 15 km (9 mi) north of Olecko

Olecko

Olecko is a town in Masuria, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland, near Ełk and Suwałki. It is situated at the mouth of the Lega river into the Great Olecko Lake on its south-western shore...

, and 138 km (86 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn

Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia

East Prussia

East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...

).

The village has an approximate population of 250.

Notable residents

• Gustav von Saltzwedel
  Gustav von Saltzwedel
  Gustav Reinhold Ludwig von Wienskowski gen. von Saltzwedel was a Prussian politician and public official.-Biography:...
  
   (1808–1897), politician
• Wilhelm von Saltzwedel (1820–1882), public official