Kwidzyn (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkfʲid͡zɨn] ; German: Marienwerder [maˌʁiːənˈvɛʁdɐ] ) is a town in northern Poland on the Liwa River. With a population of 36,731, it is the capital of Kwidzyn County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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Gmina Kwidzyn is a rural gmina in Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kwidzyn, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of 207.25 square kilometres, and as of 2006 its total population is 10,306.
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Kwidzyn County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Kwidzyn, which lies 73 kilometres south of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Prabuty, lying 18 km east of Kwidzyn.
The county covers an area of 834.64 square kilometres. As of 2019 its total population is 83,231, out of which the population of Kwidzyn is 38,444, that of Prabuty is 8,695, and the rural population is 36,092.
Kwidzyn County on a map of the counties of Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kwidzyn County is bordered by Tczew County to the west, Sztum County to the north, Iława County to the east, Grudziądz County to the south and Świecie County to the south-west.
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Kwidzyn Castle is a large brick Gothic castle in the town of Kwidzyn, Poland. The castle is modeled on the Gothic castles of the Teutonic Knights'.
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Mareza [maˈrɛza] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kwidzyn, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
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Górki [ˈɡurki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kwidzyn, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
