Smolajny

Smolajny (formerly Smołowo) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobre Miasto, within Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies on the Łyna River in the historical region of Warmia, approximately north of Dobre Miasto and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Smolajny
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Smolajny4.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Summer palace of the bishops of Warmia in Smolajny
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Warmian-Masurian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Olsztyn
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Dobre Miasto
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.population_total: 720
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2

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==History== The village was founded in 1290 by Bishop of Warmia Heinrich Fleming. From 1350 it served as the summer residence of the prince-bishops of Warmia. It was destroyed by war in 1414, 1454, 1519–21 and 1709 and was rebuilt each time. In 1454, it was incorporated to Poland by King Casimir IV Jagiellon upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation, and confirmed as part of Poland in 1466. It was the favourite summer residence of leading Polish Enlightenment poet Ignacy Krasicki. It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and from 1871 it also formed part of Germany. In 1945, after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, Smolajny became again part of Poland.

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