Nakomiady

Nakomiady
—  Village  —
Manor house
Nakomiady
Coordinates: 54°0′27″N 21°27′8″E / 54.0075°N 21.45222°E / 54.0075; 21.45222
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Kętrzyn
Gmina	Gmina Kętrzyn
Population	670

Nakomiady [nakɔˈmjadɨ] (German: Eichmedien) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kętrzyn, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Kętrzyn and 68 km (42 mi) east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

The village has a population of 670.

History

A castle was built by the Teutonic Knight Konrad von Kyburg between 1392 and 1396, this castle was however later destroyed and only the cellar-vault and foundation walls remained. In 1653 Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg awarded the property of Eichmedien and the surrounding villages to Johann von Hoverbeck as a gratification for his role as Prussian ambassador to Warsaw. A palace was built on the remnants of the order's castle. In 1789 Friedrich von Redecker bought the village and it remained within the Redecker family until 1930.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 
2. ^ Gräfin Oldenburg, Adelheid; Engels, Hans (1992) (in German). Ostpreussische Gutshäuser in Polen. C.H.Beck. p. 91. ISBN 3-406-36798-4. 

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Coordinates: 54°0′27″N 21°27′8″E / 54.0075°N 21.45222°E / 54.0075; 21.45222