Editing Kwidzyn

{{Short description|Town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland}}
{{Redirect|Marienwerder|other places called Marienwerder|Marienwerder (disambiguation)}}
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| leader_name        = Sebastian Kasztelan
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'''Kwidzyn''' ({{IPAc-pl|ˈkfʲid͡zɨn}}; {{langx|de|Marienwerder}}; [[Latin]]: ''Quedin''; [[Old Prussian language|Old Prussian]]: ''Kwēdina'') is a [[town]] in northern [[Poland]] on the [[Liwa (river)|Liwa]] River. With a population of 36,731, it is the capital of [[Kwidzyn County]] in the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]].<ref name="auto"/>

==Geography==
Kwidzyn is located on the [[Liwa (river)|Liwa]] River, some {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=off}}<ref name=mgk/> east of the [[Vistula]] river, approximately {{convert|70|km|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Gdańsk]] and {{convert|145|km|0|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Kaliningrad]]. It is part of the region of [[Powiśle (region)|Powiśle]].

==History==
===Early history===
[[File:Kwidzyn Dom1.jpg|thumb|left|Kwidzyn Castle and Cathedral in 2010]]
The [[Pomesania]]n settlement called ''Kwedis'' existed in the 11th century. In 1232, the [[Teutonic Knights]] built the [[Kwidzyn Castle|castle]] and established the town of Marienwerder (now Kwidzyn) the following year. In 1243, the [[Bishopric of Pomesania]] received both the town and castle from the [[Teutonic Order]] as fiefs, and the settlement became the seat of the [[Bishops of Pomesania]] within [[Prussia (region)|Prussia]].<ref name="AEP"/> The town was populated by artisans and traders, originating from towns in the northern parts of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. A Teutonic knight, [[Werner von Orseln]], was murdered in [[Malbork|Marienburg (Malbork)]] in 1330. He was among the first to be buried in the newly erected cathedral of the town.

St. [[Dorothea of Montau]] lived in Marienwerder from 1391 until her death in 1394; future pilgrims visiting her [[shrine]] would contribute to the flourishing economy.

The [[Prussian Confederation]], which opposed Teutonic rule, was founded in the town on March 14, 1440.<ref>Jürgen Sarnowsky: ''Der Deutsche Orden''. Beck, Munich 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-406-53628-1}}, p. 100 ff. ([https://books.google.com/books?id=cDUhGMRfUcQC&pg=PA101 restricted preview]).</ref> The town itself joined the organization on 17 April 1440.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Górski|first=Karol|title=Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych|year=1949|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|location=[[Poznań]]|language=pl|page=XXXVII}}</ref> Upon the request of the organization in 1454 Polish King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]] incorporated the region and town to the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]],<ref>Górski, p. 54</ref> and the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]] broke out. In 1466, after the defeat of the Teutonic Knights in the war, the town became part of Poland as a [[fief]] held by the Teutonic Knights.<ref>Górski, p. 96-97, 214-215</ref> In 1525, the Teutonic state was transformed into a secular and Lutheran [[Duchy of Prussia|duchy]] under the last [[Grand Master of the Teutonic Order]] [[Albert, Duke of Prussia|Albert]], a political foundation only possible with the consent of the Polish King [[Sigismund I the Old]]. The town was visited by Polish Kings [[Sigismund II Augustus]] in 1552<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moraczewski|first=Jędrzej|title=Dzieje Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z pierwszéj połowy szesnastego wieku|year=1847|location=Poznań|language=pl|page=277}}</ref> and [[Stephen Báthory]] in 1576.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gołębiowski|first=Łukasz|title=Domy i dwory|year=1830|location=Warszawa|language=pl|page=87}}</ref> In 1618 the ducal rights were inherited by the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]] branch of the [[House of Hohenzollern]], remaining under Polish suzerainty. In 1657 the Brandenburg dukes severed ties with the Polish crown and in 1701 elevated their realm to the sovereign [[Kingdom of Prussia]]. During the [[War of the Polish Succession]], Polish King [[Stanisław Leszczyński]] stayed in the town in July 1734.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ciesielski|first=Tomasz|editor-last=Gieszczyński|editor-first=Witold|editor-last2=Kasparek|editor-first2=Norbert|year=2010|title=Wielkie wojny w Prusach. Działania militarne między dolną Wisłą a Niemnem na przestrzeni wieków|language=pl|location=Dąbrówno|page=107|chapter=Prusy Wschodnie w trakcie polskiej wojny sukcesyjnej i wojny siedmioletniej|isbn=978-83-62552-00-9}}</ref>

===Late modern period===
In 1765 Prussia established a customs chamber for Polish products floated down the Vistula to Polish Baltic ports.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rutkowski|first=Jan|title=Zarys gospodarczych dziejów Polski w czasach przedrozbiorowych|year=1923|language=pl|location=Poznań|page=212}}</ref> The town of Marienwerder meanwhile had become the capital of the [[Marienwerder (district)|District of Marienwerder]]. In 1772, the Marienwerder district was integrated into the newly established Prussian Province of [[West Prussia]], which consisted mostly of territories annexed in the [[First Partition of Poland]]. In November 1831, several Polish cavalry units of the [[November Uprising]] stopped in the town on the way to their internment places.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kasparek|first=Norbert|editor-last=Katafiasz|editor-first=Tomasz|year=2014|title=Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu|language=pl|location=Koszalin|publisher=Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie|page=140|chapter=Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację}}</ref>

By the enlargement of its administrative functions, the population of the town started to grow and in 1885, it numbered 8,079. This population was composed mostly of [[Lutheran]] inhabitants, many of whom were engaged in trades connected with the manufacturing of sugar, vinegar and brewing as well as dairy farming, fruit growing and the industrial construction of machines. In 1910, Marienwerder had a population of 12,983 of which 12,408 (95.6%) were German-speaking and 346 (2.7%) were Polish-speaking.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Landesamt|first=Prussia (Kingdom) Statistisches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tJdPhIkLJ7AC&pg=RA2-PA76|title=Gemeindelexikon für die regierungsbezirke Allenstein, Danzig, Marienwerder, Posen, Bromberg und Oppeln: Auf grund der ergebnisse der volkszählung vom. 1. Dezember 1910 und anderer amtlicher quellen bearbeitet vom Königlich Preussischen Statistischen Landesamte|date=1912|publisher=verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts|language=de}}</ref>

===Interbellum and World War II===
[[File:Marienwerder-1 (2).jpg|thumb|left|1920s view of the castle and cathedral]]
As a result of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] after [[World War I]], the district of Marienwerder was divided. The parts west of the Vistula were incorporated into the [[Polish Second Republic]], which had just regained its independence. The parts east of the Vistula, to which the town of Marienwerder belonged, was to take part in the [[1920 East Prussian plebiscite|East Prussian plebiscite]], which was organized under the control of the [[League of Nations]]. The Inter-Allied Commission with nearly 2,000 troops often favored the Germans, and its services towards Poles were often delayed and limited, while the administration remained under German control.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Plebiscyt 1920 roku. Walka o Polskość Warmii, Mazur i Powiśla|language=pl|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=15}}</ref> The town was home to the Polish Warmian Plebiscite Committee and the Committee for Polish Affairs, which, however, had to operate partly secretly.<ref>''Plebiscyt 1920 roku. Walka o Polskość Warmii, Mazur i Powiśla'', pp. 16–17</ref> On May 16, 1920, the largest Polish plebiscite demonstration in Powiśle took place in the town, and Poles had to organize defenses against attacks by German militias.<ref>''Plebiscyt 1920 roku. Walka o Polskość Warmii, Mazur i Powiśla'', p. 17</ref> According to Polish sources there was German electoral fraud<ref name=ple18>''Plebiscyt 1920 roku. Walka o Polskość Warmii, Mazur i Powiśla'', p. 18</ref> resulted in 7,811 votes given to remain in East Prussia, and therefore Germany, and only 362 for Poland.<ref>{{cite book |title=Selbstbestimmung für Ostdeutschland – Eine Dokumentation zum 50 Jahrestag der ost- und westpreussischen Volksabstimmung am 11. Juli 1920|first1=Herbert| last1=Marzian|first2=Csaba|last2=Kenez|year=1970|page=117 |language=de}}</ref> Afterwards, [[Anti-Polish sentiment|anti-Polish]] terror intensified.<ref name=ple18/>

[[File:Marienwerder (Luftaufnahme).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the town in the 1920s]]
According to the [[Geneva Conventions]], the Polish community was entitled to its own schools, and from 1934 local Poles strove to establish a Polish school.<ref name=nhi>{{cite web|url=https://nowahistoria.interia.pl/ii-rzeczpospolita/news-rzeczypospolita-kwidzynska-dzieje-polskiego-gimnazjum-w-prus,nId,1053059|title=Rzeczypospolita Kwidzyńska - dzieje Polskiego Gimnazjum w Prusach Wschodnich|website=Interia Nowa Historia|author=Justyna Liguz|access-date=20 September 2020|language=pl}}</ref> The Germans blocked the establishment of the school, and Polish organizations filed 100 complaints to the German administration before the Polish private [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] was finally established on November 10, 1937.<ref name=nhi/> Local German press incited the Germans against the Polish school,<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=31}}</ref> and in 1938 a fourteen-year-old boy was shot at the school playground, which the German police ignored, and the shooter was not caught.<ref name=nhi/> The Germans, especially the [[Hitler Youth]], repeatedly harassed and attacked Polish students and devastated the school.<ref name=nhi/> It was forcibly closed down on August 25, 1939.<ref>Andreas Lawaty, Wiesław Mincer and Anna Domańska: ''Deutsch-polnische Beziehungen in Geschichte und Gegenwart – Bibliographie''. Vol 2: ''Religion, Buch, Presse, Wissenschaft, Bildung, Philosophie'', Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, {{ISBN|3-447-04243-5}}, p. 879 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=gx2IFngILiAC&pg=PA880 restricted preview)]</ref> The German police surrounded the Polish school and arrested its principal Władysław Gębik, 13 teachers, other staff and 162 students, who were imprisoned in Tapiau (today [[Gvardeysk]]),<ref name=mc>{{cite journal|last=Cygański|first=Mirosław|year=1984|title=Hitlerowskie prześladowania przywódców i aktywu Związków Polaków w Niemczech w latach 1939-1945|journal=Przegląd Zachodni|language=pl|issue=4|page=41}}</ref> Strobjehnen ([[Kulikovo, Zelenogradsky District|Kulikovo]]) and Grünhoff ([[Roshchino, Zelenogradsky District|Roshchino]]).<ref name=nhi/> Later on, students under the age of 18 were released, older students were forcibly conscripted into the [[Wehrmacht]], while teachers and staff were deported to [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]],<ref name=nhi/> where most of them were murdered.<ref>Cygański, p. 43</ref> The head of the local Polish ''Bank Ludowy'' was also arrested, and the local Polish consulate was cut off from telephone lines, nevertheless the [[Polskie Radio|state radio]] in Poland still provided information regarding the attack on the Polish school on the same day.<ref name=mc/>

Nazi Germany co-formed the ''[[Einsatzgruppen|Einsatzgruppe V]]'' in the town, which then entered several Polish cities, including [[Grudziądz]], [[Ciechanów]], [[Łomża]] and [[Siedlce]], to commit various [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|atrocities against Poles]] during the German [[invasion of Poland]], which started [[World War II]].<ref>Wardzyńska (2009), p. 54</ref> Many Poles [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] from [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied Poland]] were deported to [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] in the town's vicinity.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2017|title=Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=IPN|pages=119, 129|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}</ref> The Germans also operated a subcamp of the [[Stutthof concentration camp]] in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenhumbergreinhard.de/1933-1945-lager-1/1933-1945-lager-m/marienwerder.html|title=Marienwerder|access-date=20 September 2020|language=de}}</ref> On 21 January at approximately 16:00, a surprising order came to evacuvate the civilians westwards towards [[Chojnice]]. When the Red Army invaded East Prussia at least 95% of the citizens of Marienwerder were speaking German as their mother tongue, and therefore they feared the atrocities committed to the German population. A majority of them left the city but not all arrived save territory alive. Those which stayed were robbed, raped and eventually murdered by the Red Army. On 30 January the town was captured by the Red Army. The Red Army established a war hospital in the town for 20,000 people. The town center was burned and pillaged by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] soldiers. In the course of 1945 the city was emptied of the last German inhabitants.
Meanwhile, large parts of the inner city were sacked. Since then, Polish newcomers from Poland and Lithuania repopulated the town and its environments. The Lutheran ecclesiastical buildings were handed over to the Catholic Church.{{sfn|Neuman|Gründer|1983|pp=315–316}}
After [[World War II]], the town became again part of Poland under the terms of the [[Potsdam Agreement]], although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until the 1980s.

===Recent period===
[[File:Kwidzyn bunt2.jpg|thumb|1982 protest of interned anti-communist oppositionists]]
From 1975 to 1998, it was administratively located in the [[Elbląg Voivodeship]]. In 1982, the communists brutally crushed the protest of interned anti-communist oppositionists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C1397787%2Cpolewanie-woda-bicie-palkami-kopanie-i-szczucie-psami-40-lat-temu-krwawo|title=Polewanie woda, bicie pałkami, kopanie i szczucie psami. 40 lat temu krwaro stłumiono protest w Kwidzynie|website=Polska Agencja Prasowa|date=14 August 2022|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|align=left|cols=3|1400 (est.)|700|1572 (est.)|700|1782|3156|1783|3297|1816|4782|1831|5060|1843|5989|1875|7580|1880|8238|1890|8552|1900|9686|1905|11819|1925|13721|1930|13860|1933|15548|1939|19723|1950|13361|1960|20197|2010|38296
|footnote=''<ref name="AEP">August Eduard Preuß: ''Preußische Landes- und Volkskunde''. Königsberg 1835, [https://books.google.com/books?id=L_sAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA441 pp. 441–444.]</ref><ref name="VWG" >Michael Rademacher: ''[http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/marienwerder_op.html Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Westpreußen, Kreis Marienwerder]'' (2006)</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Der Große Brockhaus|year=1932|volume=12|edition=15th|location=Leipzig|page=143 |publisher=F. A. Brockhaus AG}}</ref><ref name=mgk>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon|year=1908|volume=13|edition=6th|location=Leipzig and Vienna|page=299 |publisher=Bibliographisches Institut}}</ref><ref name="JFG">[[Johann Friedrich Goldbeck]]: ''Vollständige Topographie des Königreichs Preußen''. Teil II, Marienwerder 1789, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SQw_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA3 pp. 3–6.]</ref>''<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dokumentacja Geograficzna|volume=3/4|year=1967|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii [[Polish Academy of Sciences|Polskiej Akademii Nauk]]|page=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|url=https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|title=Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r.|year=2011|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=90|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113152513/https://stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_l_ludnosc_stan_struktura_31_12_2010.pdf|archive-date=13 November 2011}}</ref>}}
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==Points of interest==
The main landmark is the [[Kwidzyn Castle]], a 14th-century [[Brick Gothic]] [[Ordensburg]] castle and cathedral complex of the Pomesanian Cathedral Chapter, which now houses a museum. It is listed as a [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|Historic Monument of Poland]].<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 20 kwietnia 2018 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii "Kwidzyn - zespół katedralno-zamkowy"|year=2018|number=930}}</ref> The adjacent co-cathedral of St. John the Evangelist was built between 1343 and 1384, and serves as a co-cathedral of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Elbląg]]. It contains the tombs of three [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Masters]] of the Teutonic Knights as well as numerous bishops. A bridge connects the castle to a sewer tower which was once situated on a river that has since dried up.

Other sights include the Appellate Court for Kwidzyn County, the town hall, the Holy Trinity church, the Saint Padre Pio chapel, various government buildings and old townhouses.

==Economy==
Kwidzyn has one of Poland's largest [[pulp mill]]s. Established in 1971 as the state-owned ''Zakłady Celulozowo-Papiernicze'', it was privatized and sold to [[International Paper]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kwidzyn, MM Kwidzyn sp. z o.o. |url=https://papiernie.pl/lokalizacja/international-paper-kwidzyn-sp-z-o-o/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Papiernie w Polsce |language=pl}}</ref> Since 2021, it has been operated by [[Mayr-Melnhof]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayr-Melnhof Karton to acquire Kwidzyn (Poland) mill from International Paper - MM Group |url=https://mm.group/news/press-releases/mayr-melnhof-karton-to-acquire-kwidzyn-poland-mill/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> The second biggest employer is [[Jabil]], an [[electronics manufacturing services]] company.<ref name="KW">[http://www.kwidzyn.pl/pl/turystyka/historia-i-zabytki/historia-miasta-czesc-2.html Turystyka, historia, zabytki.] Kwidzyn ''Moje miasto''.</ref> There is also a branch of Powisla University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powiślańska Szkoła Wyższa- Uczelnia Niepaństwowa |url=https://powislanska.edu.pl |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Powiślańska Szkoła Wyższa |language=pl-PL}}</ref>

==Sports==
The town's main sports clubs are:
*[[MMTS Kwidzyn]], [[handball]] club which plays in the [[Polish Superliga]] (top division; as of 2022), runners-up in season 2009–10
*[[Basket Kwidzyn]], [[basketball]] club which plays in the lower leagues, but played in the [[Polish Basketball League]] (top division) in the past
*[[Rodło Kwidzyn]], [[Association football|football]] club which plays in the lower leagues
The city has lower average crime and unemployment rates when compared with national averages.<ref name="KW" /> These lower rates are attributed to youth sports programs, namely MMTS Kwidzyn and MTS [[Basket Kwidzyn]].<ref name="KW" />

==Transport==
[[File:Dworzec Kolejowy na ul. Kościuszki 54 w Kwidzynie.jpg|thumb|Railway station]]
The intersections of Polish [[National roads in Poland|national roads]] 55 and 90, [[voivodeship road]]s 521 and 532, and voivodeship roads 518 and 588, are located either in Kwidzyn or just outside of the town limits.

The city's railway station serves regional connections to nearby cities, including [[Malbork]], [[Grudziądz]], [[Gardeja]]. It is operated mainly by [[Polregio]].

==Notable people==
* [[Dorothea of Montau]] (1347–1394), hermitess and visionary of 14th century Germany, canonized in 1976.
* [[Paul Speratus]] (1484–1551), Catholic priest who became a Protestant preacher, reformer and hymn-writer
* [[Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell]] (1786–1865), Prussian Staatsminister and Regierungspräsident of Marienwerder in 1825
* [[Hans Adolf Erdmann von Auerswald]] (1792–1848), Prussian general and politician
* [[Karl Ludwig Hencke]] (1793–1866 in Marienwerder), amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets
* [[Rudolf von Auerswald]] (1795–1866), Prime Minister of Prussia
* [[Carl Julius Meyer von Klinggräff]] (1809–1879), German botanist
* [[Hermann von Dechend]] (1814–1890), first President of the [[Reichsbank]]
* [[Heinrich Julian Schmidt]] (1818–1886), German journalist and historian of literature <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Schmidt,_Heinrich_Julian  |volume= 24 |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Rudolf Heidenhain]] (1834–1897), German physiologist
* [[Gustav Cohn]] (1840–1919), German economist, particularly re. public finance
* [[Kurt Rosenfeld]] (1877–1943), lawyer and politician
* [[Józef Krasnowolski]] (1879–1939), Polish painter
* [[Fritz Goerdeler]] (1886–1945), German jurist and resistance fighter; mayor 1920–33
* [[Joachim Witthöft]] (1887–1966), general
* [[Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow]] (1892–1961), general
* [[Ida Siekmann]] (1902–1961) nurse, first [[List of deaths at the Berlin Wall|victim]] of [[Berlin Wall]]
* [[Ernst Schiffner]] (1903–1980), German actor and director
* [[Ernst Tillich]] (1910–1985), German theologian
* Bernard Friese (1927–2010), co-founder of [[Gilbern]] cars
* [[Hardy Rodenstock]] (1941–2018), music publisher and manager; dealer in old and rare wine
* {{interlanguage link|Maciej Aksler|pl}} (1947–2006), Polish test pilot
* [[Wiesław Hartman]] (1950–2021), Polish show jumping equestrian, silver medallist in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]]  
* [[Wojciech Belon]] (1952–1985), Polish poet, songwriter and folksinger
* [[Izabela Tomaszewska]] (1955–2010), Polish government official and archeologist
* [[Tomasz Piotr Nowak]] (born 1956), Polish politician
* [[Jacek Borcuch]] (born 1970), Polish actor and film director
* [[Marek Szulen]] (born 1975), Polish composer of electronic music, lives in the Netherlands
* [[Maciej Silski]] (born 1976), Polish singer
* [[Patryk Rombel]] (born 1983), Polish handball coach, currently coaching the [[Poland national handball team|Polish national team]]

==Gallery==
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File:Kwidzyn, katedra, ob. kościół p.w. św. Jana Ewangelisty.jpg|Kwidzyn Cathedral
File:SM Kwidzyn Sąd Rejonowy (0) ID 636613.jpg|District court
File:SM Kwidzyn Braterstwa Narodów 50 Poczta (0) ID 636564.jpg|Main post office
File:Kwidzyn, Powiślańska Szkoła Wyższa - panoramio.jpg|Powiślańska Szkoła Wyższa (''Powiśle College'')
File:Budynek Sztabowy Koszar Wojskowych w Kwidzynie - widok od tyłu.jpg|Neo-gothic complex of barracks, 19th century
File:Adoration Chapel in Kwidzyn.jpg|Saint Padre Pio chapel
File:Kwidzyn-kosciol-sw-Trojcy.jpg|Holy Trinity church
File:Kwidzyn, Urząd Finansowy, ob. biblioteka, kon. XIX.JPG|Library and a monument of [[Józef Piłsudski]]
File:Kwidzyn, dawny szpital św. Jerzego.jpg|Former Saint George hospital
File:Kwidzyn palac Fermora 07.jpg|Vocational school
File:Kwidzyn, kino Tęcza - panoramio.jpg|Former casino and cinema building
File:Przedszkole Miejskie nr 1 w Kwidzynie.jpg|Municipal Preschool No. 1
</gallery>

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}

Kwidzyn is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:

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*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Bar, Ukraine|Bar]], [[Ukraine]]
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*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Celle]], [[Germany]]<ref name="Celle">{{cite web |url=http://www.celle.de/index.phtml?sNavID=342.65&La=2 |title=Stadt Celle |publisher=www.celle.de |access-date=2010-01-05 |archive-date=2011-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611173657/http://www.celle.de/index.phtml?sNavID=342.65&La=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Olofström]], [[Sweden]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book |last=Neuman |first=Franz |last2=Gründer |first2=Otto |title=Marienwerder Westpreußen: Aus den Leben einer deutschen Stadt an der unteren Weichsel |publisher=Heimatkreis Marienwerder/Westpreußen |date=1983 |pages=315–316}}

==External links==
{{commons|Kwidzyn}}
*[http://www.kwidzyn.pl/ Municipal website] {{in lang|pl}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060626162159/http://www.wsz.kwidzyn.edu.pl/english.htm Kwidzyn School of Management]
*[http://www.kwidzyn.com/english.html Kwidzyn City Portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801145524/http://www.kwidzyn.com/english.html |date=2009-08-01 }} {{in lang|en}}

{{Kwidzyn County}}
{{Gmina Kwidzyn}}

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