Nidzica (Polish: [ɲiˈd͡ʑit͡sa]; formerly Nibork; German: Neidenburg [ˈnaɪdn̩bʊʁk] ; Prussian: Nīdaspils) is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in north-central Poland, lying between Olsztyn and Mława, in Masuria. The capital of Nidzica County, its population in 2017 was 13,872. Nidzica is a member of Cittaslow.
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Gmina Nidzica is an urban-rural gmina in Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Nidzica, which lies approximately 48 kilometres south of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The gmina covers an area of 378.88 square kilometres, and as of 2006 its total population is 21,485.
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Nidzica County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Nidzica, which lies 48 kilometres south of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The county covers an area of 960.7 square kilometres. As of 2006, its total population is 33,955, out of which the population of Nidzica is 14,761 and the rural population is 19,194.
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Nidzica Castle is a 14th-century brick Gothic Teutonic castle located in the town of Nidzica, Poland.
The construction of the castle was begun around 1370. The Pfleger of the Teutonic Knights made it his residence in 1409. On 12 July 1410, the undefended castle was captured by the Polish forces on their way into the interior of the State of the Teutonic Order. At the time of the Hunger War of 1414 the castle was put under siege by the Polish knights and taken after eight days on the 6th of July. In 1454 the castle was occupied by the Prussian Confederation and in February 1455 was taken by the Czech army led by Jan Kolda ze Zampachu, who had repulsed an attack by the forces of the Teutonic Knights on 28 April. In 1517 the inner ward was built up and reinforced.
In 1784 a fire consumed the inner ward. In 1812 the castle was devastated by Napoleon's French forces. The castle was rebuilt from 1828 to 1830 into a court and a prison. In 1945, during the Second World War, the Soviet army bombarded the castle. In the aftermath of the Potsdam Conference, the area was ceded to Poland; much of the castle remained in ruins until reconstruction between 1961 and 1965.
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Piątki [ˈpjɔntki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nidzica, within Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is located in Masuria.
The existence of the village is attested in 1412, when Mikołaj of Piątki was mentioned.
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Olszewko [ɔlˈʂɛfkɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nidzica, within Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in Northern Poland.