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2 unusual facts about Warmia


Elżbieta Gelert

She was also Chairperson of the Union of Hospitals Providing Employment in the Warmia and Mazury Region.

War of the Priests

The Bishopric of Warmia was in the 14th century part of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, but enjoyed autonomy and was administrated as a prince-bishopric.


Antoni Osuchowski

Antoni Osuchowski (13 June 1849 in Paris - 9 January 1928 in Warsaw) was a Polish lawyer, publicist, philanthropist and national activist in Silesia, Warmia and Mazury.

Jan Konopacki

He was nominated as bishop by Pope Julius II on February 23, 1508 and was consecrated in Lubawa on October 29 by the ordinarius of the diocese of Warmia, Łukasz Watzenrode.

Jan Władysław Obłąk

Jan Władysław Obłąk (born May 26, 1913 in Borzęcin – died December 16, 1988) was a Polish Catholic Priest, Bishop of Warmia from 1982 until his death in 1988.

Janusz Jasiński

He was habilitated in 1982 at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń on the basis of his work on national identity and consciousness in 19th century Warmia ("Świadomość narodowa na Warmii w XIX wieku").

Ludwig von Erlichshausen

Their former capital of Marienburg was not the only loss, however, as the Order had to cede other areas in the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466: Pomerelia, Culmerland, Warmia, and a part of Pomesania including Marienwerder (Kwidzyn).

Marcin

Marcin Kromer (1512–1583), Polish historian and chronicler, royal secretary, bishop of Warmia

Morag

Morąg (German Mohrungen), a city in Warmia-Masuria, Poland

Nicolaus von Tüngen

As part of the agreement Tüngen was allowed to remain Bishop of Warmia, after he paid homage to the king, entitling him to be one of the senators of Poland (just like Polish bishops).

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn was established on September 1, 1999, in accordance with the new Statute of Sejm signed by the President of the Republic of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, as well as the Minister of National Education, Mirosław Handke, in August of the same year.

Wacław Leszczyński

--(:pl:Wacław Leszczyński (prymas Polski))-->, Prince-Bishop of Warmia, primate of Poland, see List of bishops of Warmia

Watzenrode

Lucas Watzenrode the Younger (1447–1512), prince-bishop of Ermland, Warmia, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus


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