Tołkiny
Tołkiny | |
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Village | |
A church in Tołkiny | |
Tołkiny | |
| Coordinates: 54°6′30″N 21°13′13″E / 54.10833°N 21.22028°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Kętrzyn |
| Gmina | Korsze |
Tołkiny [tɔu̯ˈkinɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korsze, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 km (6 mi) south-east of Korsze, 11 km (7 mi) west of Kętrzyn, and 60 km (37 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. According to the findings of German genealogists, the Tolkien family probably comes from Tołkiny.[2][3][4]
Notable residents
- Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1882-1944), German general and resistance fighter
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Gerullis, Georg (1922). Die altpreußischen Ortsnamen, gesammelt und sprachlich behandelt (in German). Berlin and Leipzig: Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger. p. 184.
- ^ Mechow, Max (1994). Deutsche Familiennamen prussischer Herkunft (in German). Dieburg: Tolkemita. p. 99.
- ^ Tołkiny na Warmii gniazdem rodu Tolkienów?