Dobrzyń Land

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Dobrzyń Land (German: Dobriner Land; Polish: ziemia dobrzyńska) is a territory of historical interest surrounding present day Dobrzyń nad Wisłą in Poland (German: Dobrin an der Weichsel).

The Order of Dobrin received the territory as a base in 1228 and was later absorbed into the Teutonic Knights. The territory was relinquished to the Kingdom of Poland in the Treaty of Kalisz of 1343. The Knights regained control, but after the Peace of Thorn (1411) had to return it again.

As with most of West Prussia, the territory changed possession from Poland to Prussia in 1793, but in 1815, became part of Russia. Then after World War I from Russia to the re-established independent Poland, then to Nazi Germany in World War II, and finally back to Poland.

The land is on the eastern shore of the Vistula River and ends south of the Drwęca at Chełmno Land (German: Kulmerland) . The land is approximately composed of the powiats of Lipno and Rypin within the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship.

[edit] See also

• ziemia

[edit] External links

• Deutsche aus dem Dobriner Land (German)
• Ziemia Dobrzyńska On-line (Polish)