Słobity

Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

54°8′26″N 19°47′31″E / 54.14056°N 19.79194°E / 54.14056; 19.79194Country

PolandVoivodeshipWarmian-MasurianCountyBraniewoGminaWilczętaPopulation

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Słobity [swɔˈbitɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilczęta, within Braniewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Wilczęta, 28 km (17 mi) south of Braniewo, and 62 km (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The village had been the property of the Dohna family [de] since 1527.^[2] The last German owner of the palace Alexander zu Dohna renovated Schlobitten Palace in 1944. In March 1945 the palace was burned down and the furnishings stolen by soldiers of the Red Army.^[3]

Notable residents

Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661–1728), field marshal
Friedrich Alexander Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1741–1810)
Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1771–1831), Prussian politician
Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1784–1859), field marshal
Richard zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1843–1916), counsellor of Kaiser Wilhelm II
Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1882–1944), General and Resistance fighter
Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1899–1997), Officer and businessman

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ history of Schlobitten (in German)
^ [M. Jackiewicz-Garniec, M. Garniec: Pałace i dwory dawnych Prus Wschodnich. Dobra utracone czy ocalone. Olsztyn: Wspólnota Kulturowa BORUSSIA, 1999, s. 64–65.] in lang/pl