Sobiechy
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sobiechy
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Sobiechy.jpg
| image_caption =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Węgorzewo
| subdivision_type3 = Gmina
| subdivision_name3 = Budry
| coordinates = {{coord|54|18|N|21|49|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1562
| elevation_m =
| population_total =
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| registration_plate = NWE
}}
Sobiechy {{IPAc-pl|s|o|'|b|j|e|h|y}} ({{langx|de|Sobiechen}}, from 1938-45 Salpen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Budry, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=pl}} It lies approximately {{convert|8|km|mi|0}} north-west of Budry, {{convert|11|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of Węgorzewo, and {{convert|104|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Sobiechy was established by Polish people in 1562.{{cite book|author= |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich|volume=X|year=1889|language=pl|location=Warsaw|page=942}}{{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=534}}
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Category:Villages in Węgorzewo County
Category:1562 establishments in Poland
Category:Populated places established in 1562
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