Jarnołtowo (German: ''Groß-Arnsdorf'') 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 Małdyty __NOTOC__ Gmina Małdyty is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Małdyty, which lies approximately north-west of Ostróda and west of the regiona ...

, within

Ostróda County __NOTOC__ Ostróda County ( pl, powiat ostródzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local gover ...

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship or Warmia-Masuria Province or Warmia-Mazury Province (in pl, Województwo warmińsko-mazurskie, is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Olsztyn. The voivodeship has an are ...

, in northern Poland. It was established around 1308 and first mentioned in 1317 as Arnoldisdorff. In 1329-1335 the church was built. Between 1750-1754 Immanuel Kant, a philosopher, worked here as a tutor.

Notable residents

German philosopher

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

worked as a tutor in Groß-Arnsdorf between 1750 and 1754.

References

Villages in Ostróda County {{Ostróda-geo-stub