Łyna (village)

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postal_code = 13-100
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website = [http://www.nidzica.pl/ www.nidzica.pl]
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Łyna [IPA|'wɨna] ( _de. Lahna) is a village in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, 16 km north of Nidzica ( _de. Neidenburg) in Nidzica County. It has a population of 440.

The village is situated near the source of the River Alle which is also named "Łyna" in Polish.

History

The village shares most of its history with that of Nidzica ( _de. Neidenburg) and Landkreis Neidenburg.

It was first mentioned on 12 March 1387. At least since 1540 until 1945, Lahna was the seat of an evangelical "Kirchspiel" (church parrish) that included the towns of Allendorf, Commusin, Dietrichsdorf, Gutfeld, Glinken, Jablonken, Lykusen, Orlau, Radomin, Terten, Wolfsgarten, Wolka.

The Battle of Tannenberg (1914) of August 1914 took place nearby.

In 1945, while many if not most German civilians had fled the area, many of those who remained experienced atrocities at the hands of Soviet soldiers who found themselves on German soil for the first time. Lev Kopelev, a Soviet officer and later dissident, described how he was appalled by the acts of murder and looting against those who remained. In the post-war settlement, Neidenburg fell within the area of East Prussia annexed by Poland and the remaining German population was expelled. The area has been henceforth known by its present official name, Łyna.

External links

* [http://www.nidzica.pl/ Municipal webpage] pl icon
* [http://www.loehnert.de/neidenburg01.htm Photos and crest of pre-WWII Neidenburg] de icon

References

*cite book|last=Kopelev|first=Lev|title=No Jail For Thought|location=London|publisher=Secker & Warburg|year=1977|pages=39-41|id=ISBN 0-436-23640-0