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Bartoszyce (listen (help· info), German: Bartenstein (Bartenstein (help· info))) is a town on the Łyna river in northeastern Poland with 25,621 inhabitants (2004). Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (since 1999), Bartoszyce was previously in Olsztyn Voivodship (1975-1998). It is the capital of Bartoszyce County. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1040x1522, 488 KB) Heilsberger Tor in Bartoszyce (Bartenstein) self taken picture end of december 1999 I give it to GNU-FDL File links The following pages link to this file: Bartoszyce ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1040x1522, 488 KB) Heilsberger Tor in Bartoszyce (Bartenstein) self taken picture end of december 1999 I give it to GNU-FDL File links The following pages link to this file: Bartoszyce ... Image File history File links Pl-Bartoszyce. ... Image File history File links Palmnicken. ... The Łyna (-Polish, Russian: Лава or Lava, German: Alle) is a river in northern Poland and the Kaliningrad oblast of Russia, a tributary of the Pregolya river, with a total length of 264 km (190 km in Poland - making it the 11th longest Polish river - and 74 km in Russia) and... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodship since 1999 Coat of Arms of Warmia-Masuria Warmia i Mazury (officially, the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship) is an administrative region or voivodship of north-eastern Poland. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Olsztyn Voivodship (Polish: województwo olsztyńskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Warmian-Masurian Voivodship. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

The Teutonic Order constructed a wooden castle near Allenstein at the Alle river in Prussia, at the site of todays Bartoszyce, around 1270 and a stronger castle in 1274. The town received city rights in 1326 from Dietrich von Altenburg; at the time the settlement was known as Rosenthal (English translation: "rose valley.") In 1332 Lother von Braunschweig confirmed the city rights and renamed the town Bartenstein. The town's name derives from the Old German Barte and Old Polish Barta which means "adze." Bartenstein had an adze as city emblem. Teutonic Knights, charging into battle. ... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Events May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359) Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discovers through a vision that she is the human incarnation of the goddess Aradia. ... Dietrich von Altenburg of the Teutonic Order. ... Events November 7 - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. ... Adze The tool known as the adze [pronounced adds] serves for smoothing rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. ...

Bartenstein, Germany was 60% destroyed during World War II and as Bartoszyce it became part of Poland in 1945. Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France, • Soviet Union, • United States, • China, ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II, also... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

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