Kolniszki

{{Infobox settlement | name = Kolniszki | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Gołdap | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Gołdap | pushpin_map = Poland | coordinates = {{coord|54|16|N|22|23|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1564 | founder = Jan Bender | elevation_m = | population_total = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | registration_plate = NGO }} '''Kolniszki''' {{IPAc-pl|k|o|l|'|n|i|sz|k|i}} is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gołdap, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.{{TERYT}}

Kolniszki was founded in 1564 by Jan Bender from Skocze, who bought land to establish the village.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kętrzyński|first=Wojciech|author-link=Wojciech Kętrzyński|year=1882|title=O ludności polskiej w Prusiech niegdyś krzyżackich|language=pl|location=Lwów|publisher=Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich|page=536}}</ref><ref name=sgk>{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich|volume=IV|year=1883|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=265}}</ref>

==Notable residents== *Herbert Ehrenberg (1926–2018), German politician

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Category:Villages in Gołdap County Category:1564 establishments in Poland Category:Populated places established in 1564