Galiny, Gmina Bartoszyce

Coordinates: 54°10′N 20°50′E / 54.167°N 20.833°E / 54.167; 20.833
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Galiny
Village
Galiny Palace
Galiny Palace
Galiny is located in Poland
Galiny
Galiny
Coordinates: 54°10′N 20°50′E / 54.167°N 20.833°E / 54.167; 20.833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyBartoszyce
GminaBartoszyce
First mentioned1386
Population
910
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNBA

Galiny [ɡaˈlʲinɨ] (German: Gallingen)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bartoszyce, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[2]

History[edit]

Church of the Assumption

The village was first mentioned in 1336. In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland.[3] After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), it was a part of Poland as a fief held by Teutonic Order.[4] In 1468 the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Heinrich Reuss von Plauen gave the village as a fief to Went von Eulenburg (Yleburg), a member of the House of Wettin, and it remained property of the Eulenburg family until 1945, when the last owner Botho Wendt zu Eulenburg, was deported to the Soviet Union.[5][6]

The manor house dates back to 1589 and was built by Botho zu Eulenburg. Initially it had the shape of an "U" and was surrounded by a water-filled moat and a drawbridge. The manor was not destroyed throughout World War II but slowly fell into ruins in the postwar years. Since 1995 it is reconstructed and today used as a hotel.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kaemmerer, Margarete (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. p. 54.
  4. ^ Górski, pp. 96–97, 214–215
  5. ^ history, showing an ancient painting (in German)
  6. ^ Eulenburg family (in German)
  7. ^ "History of Gallingen". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2009-11-20.

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