Tołkiny is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in the administrative district of
Gmina Korsze, within
Kętrzyn County,
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
It lies approximately south-east of
Korsze
Korsze (, ) is a town in Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,724 inhabitants (2004). It is a railroad junction, located along the major Olsztyn - Skandawa line and Ełk-Bartoszyce line.
Krzysztof Raczkowski, the former ...
, west of
Kętrzyn, and north-east of the regional capital
Olsztyn
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini''
* Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...
. According to the findings of German genealogists, the
Tolkien family
The Tolkien family is an English family of German descent whose best-known member is J. R. R. Tolkien, Oxford academic and author of the fantasy books ''The Hobbit'', ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Silmarillion''.
Etymology
According to ...
probably comes from Tołkiny.
Tołkiny na Warmii gniazdem rodu Tolkienów?
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Notable residents
* Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten
Heinrich Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna- Schlobitten (15 October 1882 – 14 September 1944) was a German major general and resistance fighter in the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia. He was a Knight of Ju ...
(1882-1944), German general and resistance fighter
References
Villages in Kętrzyn County
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