Kwitajny

Kwitajny
—  Village  —
Quittainen manor house (19th century view)
Kwitajny
Coordinates:
Country Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Elbląg County
Gmina Pasłęk
Population 253

Kwitajny [kfiˈtai̯nɨ] (German: Quittainen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pasłęk, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Pasłęk, 28 km (17 mi) east of Elbląg, and 53 km (33 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

The village was a part of East Prussia. It was transferred into Polish control following the Yalta Conference and Tehran Conferences after World War Two.

The village has a population of 253.

Notable residents

Marion Dönhoff (1909-2002), lived here until 1945

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