Orneta

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Orneta (German: Wormditt) is a town in northern Poland, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, with a population of 9,440 (as of December 31, 2004).

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Wormditt, a village of Old Prussians, was first mentioned in 1308. The bishop of Warmia Eberhard von Neiße ordered the building of a city which received town rights in 1312 and was mainly populated by settlers from Silesia.

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Coordinates: 54°07′N 20°08′E


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