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(Redirected from Tolkiny) Village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
Tołkiny
Village
A church in TołkinyA church in Tołkiny
Tołkiny is located in PolandTołkinyTołkiny
Coordinates: 54°6′30″N 21°13′13″E / 54.10833°N 21.22028°E / 54.10833; 21.22028
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWarmian-Masurian
CountyKętrzyn
GminaKorsze

Tołkiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korsze, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Korsze, 11 km (7 mi) west of Kętrzyn, and 60 km (37 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. According to the findings of German genealogists, the Tolkien family probably comes from Tołkiny.

Notable residents

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Gerullis, Georg (1922). Die altpreußischen Ortsnamen, gesammelt und sprachlich behandelt (in German). Berlin and Leipzig: Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger. p. 184.
  3. Mechow, Max (1994). Deutsche Familiennamen prussischer Herkunft (in German). Dieburg: Tolkemita. p. 99.
  4. Tołkiny na Warmii gniazdem rodu Tolkienów?
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