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Domnovo

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Settlement
	School in Domnovo
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	Location of Domnovo
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	Coordinates: 54°26′N 20°50′E / 54.433°N 20.833°E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kaliningrad Oblast
Administrative district	Pravdinsky District
Rural okrug	Domnovsky Rural Okrug
Founded	1300
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	820
Time zone	UTC+2 (MSK–1 )
Postal code(s)	238404
Dialing code(s)	+7 40157
OKTMO ID	27719000431

Domnovo (Russian: До́мново; German: Domnau; Polish: Domnowo; Lithuanian: Dumnava) is a rural locality (a settlement) in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located near the Poland–Russia border, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast, and 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) west of Pravdinsk, the administrative center of the district. Population: 820 (2010 Census).^[1]

History

German settlers arrived in the area probably during the 13th century and c. 1300 the Teutonic Order erected a castle (Ordensburg) to protect a crossroad here. The town, a so-called lischke, grew up around the castle. A church and a school existed at least from 1319, and from 1437 the town had town rights. In 1440 the town joined the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation, at the request of which Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon signed the act of incorporation of the region to the Kingdom of Poland in 1454.^[4] During the subsequent Thirteen Years' War, the castle was largely destroyed probably already in 1458, but still partially inhabited in 1474 and in the 19th century its cellar vaults were discovered adjacent to the town church. After the war, per the peace treaty signed in Toruń in 1466, the town became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights.^[5] In 1469 the town became the fief of the knight Konrad von Egloffstein, who built a palace on an island in a lake south of the town. The palace was rebuilt during the 16th century and again in 1778. Caspar Hennenberger served as a priest in the town from 1554 to 1560. The town suffered destruction from fires on several occasions: in 1520, 1571, 1659, 1681 and 1776.

From the 18th century, the town was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and in 1871 it became part of Germany, within which it was administratively located in Landkreis Bartenstein (Bartoszyce county) in the province of East Prussia. In 1875, the town had a population of 2,167.^[6] Nine annual fairs were held in the town in the late 19th century.^[6] A railway connection was built to the town in 1902.^[7]

Around 60 percent of the town was destroyed in fighting during World War I (later rebuilt). After World War II the region was placed under Soviet administration according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement.

Notable residents

Andreas von Kreytzen [de] (1579-1641)
Georg Weissel (1590-1635), poet
Arnold Lyongrün (1871-1935), artist
Walter Krupinski (1920-2000), Luftwaffe general

References

^ ^a ^b Kaliningradstat. 2010 Census Results Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. pp. XXXVIII, 54.
^ Górski, pp. 96-97, 214-215
^ ^a ^b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 118.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Weise, Erich, ed. (1981) [1966]. Handbuch der historischen Stätten. Ost- und Westpreussen (in German). Stuttgart: Kröner. pp. 40–41. ISBN 3-520-31701-X.