Rzędziny (formerly Nassenheide,
Pomerania
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until 1945) is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Dobra, within
Police County
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,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
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, in north-western Poland, close to the
German
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border.
It lies approximately north-west of
Dobra, west of
Police
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, and north-west of the regional capital
Szczecin.
History
From the 1890s until 1908, the village, then part of the
German Empire and known as Nassenheide, was the home of
Elizabeth von Arnim
Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess v ...
, an author born in
Sydney, Australia and brought up in England; her experiences were encapsulated in her first semi-autobiographical novel ''
Elizabeth and Her German Garden'' (1898). In spring and summer 1905, the English writer
E.M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly '' A Room with a View'' (1908), ''Howards End'' (1910), and ''A Passage to India'' (1924). He also wrote numerous short stor ...
lived at the von Arnim family estate, working as a tutor to the von Arnim children. Forster wrote a short memoir of the months he spent there. From April to July 1907, the writer
Hugh Walpole
Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (13 March 18841 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among th ...
was the children's tutor.
[Steele, Elizabeth (1972). ''Hugh Walpole'', p. 15. London: Twayne. .]
There is a memorial statue to Elizabeth von Arnim in the nearby village of
Buk.
References
Villages in Police County
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