Żardeniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeziorany, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, and in 1772–1945 it belonged to Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).
History 1306 is the founding year of Scharnigk:Dietrich Lange: Scharnigk, in: Geographisches Ortsregister Ostpreußen (2005) On July 29 of that year, Bishop Eberhard of Neisse of Warmia granted Dietrich Luningenberg land in the Schardenitten field. In 1785, Scharnigk was mentioned as a royal farming village with 22 hearths, and in 1820, it was again recorded with 30 hearths and 173 inhabitants.Geschichtliches Orts-Verzeichnis: Scharnigk (Landkreis Rößel)
In 1874, Scharnigk became part of the newly formed Elsau (Polish: Olszewnik) district in the East Prussian Rößel district and remained so until 1945.Rolf Jehke: Amtsbezirk Elsau
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