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Kadyny
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Elbląg County |
| Gmina | Tolkmicko |
| Population (approx.) | 600 |
Kadyny [kaˈdɨnɨ] (German: Cadinen or Kadinen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies on the Vistula Lagoon of the Baltic Sea, approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Tolkmicko, 24 km (15 mi) north of Elbląg, and 88 km (55 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn. The village has an approximate population of 600.
The terra Cadinensis first mentioned in 1255 was allegedly named after Cadina, a daughter of an Old Prussian chief. It shared a border with the territory of Lanzanien or Lenzen to the south. The Teutonic Knights in Prussia built a Hof (estate) near the site of the Prussian Burg (castle) Cadina, where they held court over the native Old Prussian inhabitants in the area, until it was named Cadinen and owned by the Baysen noble family in the days of the Prussian Confederation. Later, with the 1466 Second Peace of Thorn it became part of Polish Royal Prussia and was then subsequently annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the First Partition of Poland in 1772. The German emperor Wilhelm II acquired Cadinen manor in 1898 and made it his summer residence. A successful Maiolica tile factory was established there in 1905,[2] and many of those tiles were used to decorate the Old Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg and several Berlin U-Bahn stations. After World War I, Cadinen remained the property of the House of Hohenzollern until their expulsion in 1945. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia was the last person to have lived here. Cadinen became, and remains today, a breeding site for Trakehner horses.
Since 1945, when the area was turned over to the Republic of Poland, it has been called Kadyny.
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