Kadyny

Coordinates: 54°17′52″N 19°29′17″E / 54.29778°N 19.48806°E / 54.29778; 19.48806
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Kadyny

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1]

Geography

Kadyny

It is situated in the Elbląg Upland Landscape Park, a protected area on a terminal moraine stretching along the Vistula Lagoon of the Baltic Coast. The Bażyński Oak in the village is one of the oldest trees in Poland.

Kadyny lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Tolkmicko, 24 km (15 mi) north of Elbląg, and 88 km (55 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. It shares a border with the village of Łęcze to the south. Kadyny Station is a stop on the former Vistula Lagoon railway line (Kolej Nadzalewowa) from Elbląg to Braniewo, which is to be re-activated by the private Arriva RP rail carrier. The settlements Kikoły and Ostrogóra are both considered part of Kadyny.[2]

History

Bażyński Oak

In the 11th-13th century a

Kingdom of Poland in 1454,[5] and then Polish governor of the region, who fought on the Polish side during the subsequent Polish–Teutonic Thirteen Years' War. The over 700-years old Bażyński Oak, a natural monument, in Kadyny is named after Jan Bażyński.[4]

Catholic monastery

The Teutonic Knights recognized the region as part of Poland in the 1466

Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown. The Bażyński family sold Kadyny in 1605 to the city of Elbląg.[6] In 1682 it was owned by Polish voivode of Inflanty, Jan Teodor Schlieben, and after 1695 his son sold the village to Stanisław Działyński.[6] Jan Teodor Schlieben founded a Bernardine monastery, and in 1685 brought monks from Warsaw to Kadyny,[6] and he also erected a palace in the late 18th century, which was rebuilt in the 1730s by Jan Ignacy Działyński.[4] A new monastery was built in the 1740s.[4]

Kadyny Palace

The village was annexed by the

Province of East Prussia and a property of the House of Hohenzollern until their expulsion in 1945. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
(1907–1994), who lived there during World War II, was the last Hohenzollern to reside here.

After

Republic of Poland under the Potsdam Agreement, and renamed to its historic Polish name Kadyny. Today the estates are managed as a cultural heritage site and popular tourist
destination.

Notable people

Princess Marie Cécile of Prussia (born 1942) and Princess Kira of Prussia (1943–2004), daughters of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and his wife Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (1909–1967) were born in Cadinen.

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
  3. ^ Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego miasta i gminy Tolkmicko. Uwarunkowania strategii trójochrony krajobrazu, 2014, p. 15 (in Polish)
  4. ^ a b c d e Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego miasta i gminy Tolkmicko. Uwarunkowania strategii trójochrony krajobrazu, 2014, p. 19 (in Polish)
  5. ^ Karol Górski, Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych, Instytut Zachodni, Poznań, 1949, p. 54 (in Polish)
  6. ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III, Warsaw, 1882, p. 663 (in Polish)
  7. ISBN 3-88680-808-4
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