Nowy Dwor Gdanski ( Polish: [ˈnɔvɨ dvur ˈɡdaj̃skʲi] ; Kashubian : Nowi Dwór ; formerly German : Tiegenhof ) is a town in Poland on the Tuja river in the Żuławy Wiślane region, capital of Nowy Dwór Gdański County , located in Pomeranian Voivodeship , with 10,171 inhabitants (2012).
6-726: The settlement was established in 1570. Initially owned by the Loitz family, it was later governed by the Wejher and Sobieski noble families, including King of Poland John III Sobieski . Administratively it was part of the Malbork Voivodeship within the Polish Crown . As a result of the First Partition of Poland in 1772 it was annexed by the German state of Prussia . In 1920 it became part of
12-557: The Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). On September 1, 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland , causing World War II , the Germans murdered the local Polish customs inspector. The town was then annexed by Nazi Germany . During the war, a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp was operated by the Germans in the town. One of the places where the Germans used the forced labour of Stutthof prisoners
18-1438: The Polish army (since 1647). He was the commander of the defence of Zamość in 1648 and later of Malbork in 1656. He was also castellan of Elbląg , Voivod of Pomerania and starost of Wałcz Jakub Wejher (Jacob Weiher) (1609 – 1657), son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska. Jakub was voivode of Malbork and a founder of town of Weihersfrei, Weyhersfrey, Neustadt ( Wejherowo ) Ludwig von Weyher owner of Gut Langfuhr, received advise in 1771 and in book by Samuel Luther von Geret of Thorn External links [ edit ] Weyher family coat of arms Martin von Weyher, Lutheran Bishop of Cammin Pomeranian Documents Claus and Sophie and Gnadenbrief Martin Weiher various other Weiher family documents References [ edit ] ^ Dynastic Genealogy ^ Dynastic Genealogy ^ Letter from Landeck 1771 to Ludwig von Weyher Friedrich Nicolai ^ Die aus den Graebern dringenden Stimmen Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weyher_family&oldid=1253657446 " Category : Weyher family Hidden category: Articles containing Polish-language text Miko%C5%82aj Wejher Mikołaj Wejher (died 1647 )
24-589: The Weyher family Weyher family (alternative spellings: Wejher , Weiher , Waier , Weier , sometimes spelled Weiger Polish : Weyherowie ) was a family of high nobility, most prominent in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Pomerania region and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . The family origins can be traced to Würzburg , Germany . Prominent members [ edit ] Klaus Weiher , of
30-1157: The noble von Weyher family going back in Pomerania to Dietrich von Weiher (aka Theodericus Weyher). Claus was the founder of the Polish line of the Weyher family members of which later on held many officies in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Martin Weiher (1512-1556), son of Klaus Weiher and Sophie von Ramel, the second Lutheran bishop of Cammin Ernest Wejher (1517–1598), voivode of Chełmno , starost of Puck Jan Wejher (1580–1626), son of Ernest Wejher and Anna Mortęska, starost of Puck Melchior Wejher (1574-1643), son of Ernest Wejher and Anna Mortęska, econom of Malbork , castellan of Elbląg and voivode of Chełmno Mikołaj Wejher (?-1647), son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska, voivode of Malbork (since 1641) and voivode of Chełmno (since 1643), starost of Radzyń Chełmiński and of Kowalewo Pomorskie Ludwik Wejher (?-1656), son of Jan Wejher and Anna Szczawińska, colonel of
36-403: Was the train station, where there is now a memorial plaque . After the defeat of Nazi Germany in the war in 1945, the town again became part of Poland. Nowy Dwór Gdański is twinned with: This Pomeranian Voivodeship location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Weyher family [REDACTED] Coat of Arms of
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