Editing Malbork

{{For|the village of the same name|Malbork, Kartuzy County}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Malbork
| image_skyline = File:Castillo de Malbork, Polonia, 2013-05-19, DD 05.jpg
| image_caption = [[Malbork Castle]]
| image_size = 280px
| image_flag = POL Malbork flag.svg 
| image_shield = POL Malbork COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Pomeranian Voivodeship|name=Pomeranian}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Malbork County|Malbork]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = Malbork <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_party = [[The Left (Poland)|L]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Marek Charzewski
| established_title3 = Town rights
| established_date3 = 1286
| elevation_min_m = 6
| elevation_max_m = 30
| area_total_km2 = 17.16
| population_as_of = 2024<ref name="gus">{{cite |title = Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2024 roku |date = 2024-07-22 |publisher = Główny Urząd Statystyczny |url = https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/ludnosc/ludnosc/powierzchnia-i-ludnosc-w-przekroju-terytorialnym-w-2024-roku,7,21.html |language = pl}}</ref>
| population_total = 36709
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| coordinates = {{coord|54|2|N|19|2|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 82-200 to 82-210
| area_code = +48 055
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
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| website = http://www.malbork.pl
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'''Malbork'''{{efn|
* [[Polish language|Polish]] pronunciation: {{IPAc-pl|AUD|Pl-Malbork.ogg|'|m|a|l|b|o|r|k}};
* {{langx|de|Marienburg}}; {{IPA|de|maˈʁiːənbʊʁk||Marienburg.ogg}};
* {{langx|la|Mariaeburgum}}, ''Mariae castrum'', ''Marianopolis'', ''Civitas Beatae Virginis''
* [[Kashubian language|Kashubian]]: ''Malbórg''
* [[Old Prussian language|Old Prussian]]: ''Algemin''}} (German: ''Marienburg'') is a [[town]] in the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], [[Poland]]. It is the seat of [[Malbork County]] and has a population of 36,709 people as of 2024. The town is located on the [[Nogat]] river, in the historical region of [[Pomerelia]].

Founded in the 13th century by the [[Knights of the Teutonic Order]], the town is noted for its medieval [[Malbork Castle]], built in the 13th century as the order's headquarters, which was also one of the residences of Polish kings and seat of notable [[early modern period|early modern]] Polish institutions.

==History of the castle==
{{Main|Malbork Castle}}
[[File:Zamek krzyżacki - Malbork.jpg|left|thumb|[[Malbork Castle]] viewed over the Nogat River]]
The town was built in [[Prussia (region)|Prussia]] around the [[fortress]] [[Ordensburg Marienburg]], which was founded in 1274 on the east bank of the river [[Nogat]] by the [[Teutonic Knights]]. Both the castle and the town (named Marienburg in German and Malborg or Malbork in Polish) were named for their patron saint, the [[Virgin Mary]]. This fortified [[castle]] became the seat of the Teutonic Order and [[Europe]]'s largest [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] fortress. During the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]], the castle of Marienburg was pawned by the Teutonic Order to their soldiers from [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. They sold the castle in 1457 to King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon|Casimir IV]] of [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Poland]] in lieu of [[Malbork treaty|indemnities]].<ref name="segfozhek184">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyprussiat01wyatgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyprussiat01wyatgoog/page/n193 184]|quote=Bartholomäus Blume.|title=The history of Prussia: tracing the origin and development of her military organization|first=Walter James|last=Wyatt|date=3 March 1876|access-date=3 March 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name=mw>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnzEpTR4ApIC&dq=Bartholom%C3%A4us+Blume&pg=PA193|title=Preussen in Ostmitteleuropa: Geschehensgeschichte und Verstehensgeschichte|first=Matthias|last=Weber|date=3 March 2018|publisher=Oldenbourg|isbn=9783486567182|access-date=3 March 2018|via=Google Books}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> From 1457 to 1772 the castle was one of Poland's royal residences.<ref>Zygmunt Gloger, ''Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski'', Spółka Wydawnicza Polska, Kraków 1903, p. 156</ref> Polish kings often stayed in the castle, especially when travelling to the nearby city of [[Gdańsk]]. Also, astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] visited the castle.<ref name=VM/> From 1568 the castle also housed the Polish Admiralty (''Komisja Morska'') and in 1584 one of the Polish Royal Mints was established here. The largest arsenal of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] was located in the castle.

Under continuous construction for nearly 230 years, the castle complex is actually three castles combined in one. A classic example of a medieval fortress, it is the world's largest brick castle and one of the most impressive of its kind in Europe. The castle was in the process of being restored by the Germans when [[World War II]] broke out. During the war, the castle was over 50% destroyed. Restoration has been ongoing since the war. The castle and its museum are listed as one of [[UNESCO]]'s [[World Heritage Sites]].

==History of the town==
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===Middle Ages===
The town of Marienburg grew in the vicinity of the castle. The river [[Nogat]] and flat terrain allowed easy access for barges a hundred kilometers from the sea. During [[Prussia (region)|Prussia]]'s government by the Teutonic Knights, the Order collected tolls on river traffic and imposed a monopoly on the [[amber]] trade. The town later became a member of the [[Hanseatic League]], and many Hanseatic meetings were held there.
[[File:Polish artillery during siege of Malbork in 1410.PNG|thumb|left|Polish artillery during siege of the castle in 1410 (modern era drawing)]]
The Teutonic Order weakened greatly after the [[Battle of Grunwald]] against advancing Poles and Lithuanians.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights|last = Turnbull|first = Steven|publisher = Osprey Publishing|year = 2013|isbn = 978-1472800091|location = Oxford, UK|pages = 21}}</ref> The town was burned by the Teutonic Knights in 1410 before the [[Siege of Marienburg (1410)|siege of the castle]] by Poles,<ref name=VM>{{cite web|url=http://visitmalbork.pl/415,HISTORIA.html|title=Historia|website=Visit Malbork|access-date=13 November 2019|language=pl}}</ref> however it remained under Teutonic control after the siege. In 1457, during the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)|Thirteen Years' War]], the castle was sold to Poland by [[Czechs|Czech]] mercenaries of the Teutonic Knights,<ref name=VM/> and the Teutonic Order transferred its seat to [[Königsberg]] (now [[Kaliningrad|Kaliningrad, Russia]]). The town, under Mayor Bartholomäus Blume and others, resisted the Poles for three further years. But when the Poles finally took control, Blume was hanged and quartered, and fourteen officers and three remaining Teutonic knights were thrown into dungeons, where they met a miserable end.<ref name="segfozhek184"/> A monument to Blume was erected in 1864,<ref name=mw/> after the town's annexation by [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] in the [[Partitions of Poland]].

The town became capital of the [[Malbork Voivodeship]] in the Polish province of [[Royal Prussia]] (and later also in the [[Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Greater Poland Province]]) after the [[Second Peace of Thorn (1466)]].<ref>Stephen R. Turnbull, Peter Dennis, ''Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights'', Osprey Publishing, 2003, p. 58, {{ISBN|1-84176-557-0}}, 9781841765570 [https://books.google.com/books?id=sTr2hHTtK9wC&dq=%22Royal+prussia%22+Poland+1466&pg=PA58 Google Books]</ref>

===Modern period===
Within Poland, Malbork flourished thanks to the Polish grain and wood trade and craft development.<ref name=VM/> New suburbs were created due to lack of space within the defensive walls.<ref name=VM/> In the 17th century, [[Swedish Empire|Swedish]] invasions took place.<ref name=VM/> During the [[Great Northern War]] in 1710, half of the population died of a cholera epidemic.<ref name=VM/> After the wars, new inhabitants, including immigrants from [[Scotland]], settled in the town, mainly in the suburbs.<ref name=VM/> In 1740 Malbork ceased to be a fortress.<ref name=VM/>

[[File:Das Rathaus zu Marienburg Teichgräber.jpg|thumb|right|Town hall, circa 1839]]
It was annexed by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] in the [[First Partition of Poland]] in 1772 and became part of the newly established province of [[West Prussia]] the following year. Prussians liquidated the municipal government and replaced it with new Prussian-appointed administration.<ref name=VM/> In the early 19th century, Prussian authorities acknowledged the town's Polish-speaking community, ensuring that priests could deliver the sermon in Polish.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Pommerellen - Preußen - Pomorze Gdahskie. Formen kollektiver Identität in einer deutsch-polnischen Region|author=Janusz Małłek|journal=Nordost-Archiv. Zeitschrift für Regionalgeschichte|year=1997|volume= 2}}</ref>
In 1807, during the [[Napoleonic Wars]], the French entered the town, and in 1812 the [[Grande Armée]] marched through the town [[French invasion of Russia|heading for Russia]].<ref name=VM/> [[Napoleon]] has visited the town in those years. In October–December 1831, various Polish cavalry and infantry units of the [[November Uprising]] stopped in the town and its environs 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|pages=138, 140, 145|chapter=Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację}}</ref> and later on, one of the insurgents' main escape routes from partitioned Poland to the [[Great Emigration]] led through the town.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Umiński|first=Janusz|year=1998|title=Losy internowanych na Pomorzu żołnierzy powstania listopadowego|magazine=Jantarowe Szlaki|volume=4 |language=pl|issue=250|page=16}}</ref>

There were no [[World War I]] fights, however, the town felt the war's negative effects: the influx of refugees, inflation, unemployment, and food supply shortages.<ref name=VM/>

Under the terms of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] after [[World War I]], the inhabitants were asked in a [[East Prussian plebiscite|plebiscite on 11 July 1920]] whether they wanted to remain in Germany or join the newly re-established Poland. In the town of Marienburg, 9,641 votes were cast for Germany, 165 votes for Poland.<ref>[http://www.heimatkreis-marienburg.de/chronik.html marienburg.de] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225183321/http://www.heimatkreis-marienburg.de/chronik.html |date=2008-12-25 }}</ref> As a result, Marienburg was included in the [[Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder]] within the [[Weimar Germany|German]] Province of [[East Prussia]]. During the [[Weimar Germany|Weimar era]], Marienburg was located at the tripoint between Poland, Germany and the [[Free City of Danzig]].

The town was hit by an economic crisis following the end of World War I. After a brief recovery in the mid-1920s, the [[Great Depression]] was particularly severe in East Prussia. In January 1933, [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] and the [[Nazi Party]] came to power and immediately began eliminating political opponents, so that in the last semi-free elections of March 1933, 54% of Marienburg's votes went to the Nazis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/marienburg_op.html |title=Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Westpreußen, Kreis Marienburg |publisher=Verwaltungsgeschichte.de |access-date=2009-05-05}}</ref> After the [[German invasion of Poland]] in September 1939, leaders of the Polish minority were arrested and sent to [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]].

===World War II===
[[File:Marienburg bombed.jpg|thumbnail|left|[[94th Operations Group#World War II|94th Bomb Group]] B-17 Flying Fortress targeting the Focke-Wulf factory as described.]]
During [[World War II]] a [[Focke-Wulf]] aircraft factory was set up at the airfield to the east of Marienburg. It was bombed twice by the [[United States Army Air Forces|USAAF]] in 1943 and 1944. Today the airfield belongs to the [[22nd Air Base]] of the [[Polish Air Force]].

During the war, the Germans established the [[Stalag XX-B]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner of war camp]] in the present-day district of Wielbark, among the prisoners of which were Polish, British, French, Belgian, Serbian, Italian, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian POWs. Also a [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] camp was established,<ref name=PWN>{{cite web|url=https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/Malbork;3936678.html|title=Malbork|website=Encyklopedia PWN|access-date=26 November 2019|language=pl}}</ref> and several forced labour subcamps of the Stalag XX-B POW camp.<ref>{{cite book|last=Daniluk|first=Jan|editor-last=Grudziecka|editor-first=Beata|title=Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana|language=pl|location=Malbork|publisher=Muzeum Miasta Malborka|page=12|chapter=Stalag XX B Marienburg: geneza i znaczenie obozu jenieckiego w Malborku-Wielbarku w latach II wojny światowej|date=2021 |isbn=978-83-950992-2-9}}</ref> Some [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled Poles]] from Pomerania were enslaved by the Germans as 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=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|pages=119, 130|isbn=978-83-8098-174-4}}</ref>

The [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance]] was present in the town and would smuggle underground Polish press<ref>{{cite book|last=Chrzanowski|first=Bogdan|year=2022|title=Polskie Państwo Podziemne na Pomorzu w latach 1939–1945|language=pl|location=Gdańsk|publisher=IPN|page=57|isbn=978-83-8229-411-8}}</ref> and data on German concentration camps and prisons, and organize transports of POWs who escaped the Stalag XX-B to the port city of [[Gdynia]], from where they were further evacuated by sea to neutral [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chrzanowski|first=Bogdan|title=Organizacja sieci przerzutów drogą morską z Polski do Szwecji w latach okupacji hitlerowskiej (1939–1945)|journal=Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum|language=pl|volume=5|pages=29, 31|issn=0137-5377}}</ref>

Near the end of World War II, the city was declared a [[German World War II strongholds|fortress]] and most of the civilian population [[Evacuation of East Prussia|fled or were evacuated]], with some 4,000 people opting to remain. In early 1945, Marienburg was the scene of fierce battles by the Nazis against the [[Red Army]] and was almost completely destroyed. The battle lasted until 9 March 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2009/0117/horizonte/0007/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719035904/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2009/0117/horizonte/0007/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2012|title=Aktuell|website=www.berlinonline.de|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> Following the town's military capture by the Red Army, the remaining civilian population disappeared; 1,840 people remain missing. In June 1945, the town was turned over to Polish authorities who had arrived in the town in April and renamed it to its historic Polish name, Malbork. The German population that had not fled was expelled in accordance with the [[Potsdam Agreement]].

Half a century later, in 1996, 178 corpses were found in a mass grave in Malbork; another 123 were found in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,603131,00.html|title=Death in Marienburg: Mystery Surrounds Mass Graves in Polish City|first1=Georg|last1=Bönisch|first2=Jan|last2=Puhl|first3=Klaus|last3=Wiegrefe|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=23 January 2009|access-date=3 March 2018|via=Spiegel Online}}</ref> In October 2008, during excavations for the foundation of a new hotel in Malbork, a mass grave was found containing the remains of 2,116 people. All the dead were said to have been German residents of pre-1945 Marienburg, but they could not be individually identified, nor could the cause of their deaths be definitely established. A Polish investigation concluded that the bodies, along with the remains of some dead animals, may have been buried to prevent the spread of typhus, which was extant in the turmoil at the end of World War II. The investigation was thus closed on 1 October 2010 as no justifiable suspicions of any crime were found. Majority of the dead were women and children most likely dead from hunger, diseases, cold and as collateral casualties of war operations, only a few of the bones had markings showing possible gunshot wounds.<ref>[https://ipn.gov.pl/pl/dla-mediow/komunikaty/10710,Komunikat-o-umorzeniu-sledztwa-w-sprawie-zabojstwa-w-1945-r-ok-2110-osob-ktorych.html] Komunikat o umorzeniu śledztwa w sprawie zabójstwa w 1945 r. ok. 2110 osób, których szczątki ujawniono w 2008 r. w Malborku</ref> On 14 August 2009, all the dead people's remains were buried in a German military cemetery at [[Stare Czarnowo]] in Polish Pomerania, not far from the German border.<ref name="suffering1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/world/europe/27poland.html|title=Facing German Suffering, and Not Looking Away|first=Nicholas|last=Kulish|newspaper=The New York Times |date=26 February 2009|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,600216,00.html|title=Malbork Massacre: World War II Mass Grave Unearthed in Poland|newspaper=Der Spiegel |date=8 January 2009|access-date=3 March 2018|via=Spiegel Online}}</ref>

===Post-war period===
[[File:Fotothek df ps 0004156 Burgen ^ Deutschordensburgen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Malbork Castle]] in the 1960s]]
After World War II, the town was gradually repopulated by [[Polish people|Poles]], [[Polish population transfers (1944–1946)|many expelled]] from [[Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union]]. In February 1946, the population of the town reached 10,017 people, then by 1965 grew further to 28,292 and by 1994 to 40,347.<ref name="mportal"/>

In April 1945 the [[malt house]] resumed work, in May a Polish post office was established and the first post-war Polish services were held in the St. John church, in September Polish schools were opened.<ref name=VM/> In the following years, most of the war damage was removed, and in 1947 the railway bridge on the Nogat was rebuilt, after it was destroyed by the Germans in March 1945.<ref name=VM/> A new road bridge was built in 1949.<ref name=VM/> In 1946 a sugar factory was established.<ref name=VM/>

Also following the war, the Old Town in Malbork was not rebuilt; instead the bricks from its ruins were used to rebuild the oldest sections of [[Warsaw]] and [[Gdańsk]].<ref name="mportal">{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmalbork.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=292&Itemid=10|title=Visit Malbork - Visit Malbork|website=www.visitmalbork.pl|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> As a result, with the exception of the Old Town Hall, two city gates and St. John's church, no pre-World War II buildings remain in the Old Town area.<ref name="mportal" /> In place of the old town, a housing estate was built in the 1960s.<ref name="mportal" />

In 1962, a [[pasta]] factory was established in Malbork, which soon became one of the largest pasta factories in Poland.<ref name=VM/>

==Sports==
The town's football clubs are [[Pomezania Malbork]] (men) and Jastrząb Malbork (women), both currently playing in the lower divisions. There are various other clubs in the town, dedicated to sports such as [[canoeing]], swimming, [[triathlon]] and [[karate]], as well as a number of youth sports clubs.

==Sights==
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The greatest landmark of Malbork is the [[Malbork Castle]], listed as a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] and [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|Historic Monument of Poland]]. Other notable sights include:
*[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] Saint John the Baptist church
*Gothic town hall (''Ratusz'')
*Partially preserved medieval town walls with ''Garncarska'' (Pottery) and ''Mariacka'' gates
*[[Baroque in Poland|Baroque]] Our Lady of Perpetual Help church
*Monument of Polish King [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]]
*Municipal water tower
*[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] cemetery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2016901|title=Cemetery|website=www.cwgc.org|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> with 240 graves, mostly of POWs who died in the area during both wars, especially in the World War II [[Stalag XX-B]] camp.

==Notable residents==
[[File:Grzegorz Lato 2011.jpg|upright=0.65|thumb|[[Grzegorz Lato]], 2011]]
* [[Dietrich von Altenburg]] the 19th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1335 to 1341
* [[Winrich von Kniprode]] the 22nd Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and the longest serving from 1351 to 1382 
* [[Konrad von Jungingen]] (c.1355-1407) the 25th grand master of the Teutonic Order in 1393–1407
* [[Clan Ostoja#Stibor of Poniec|Stibor de Poniec]] of [[Clan of Ostoja]], [[Starosta|Starost]] of Malbork in 1460
* [[Jakob Karweyse]] (active in 1492), goldsmith, first printer in Prussia
* Achatius Cureus ([[:de:Achatius Cureus|de]]) (1531–1594), author and lyricist
* [[Bartholomaeus Praetorius]] (c.1590–c.1623) a German composer
* [[Adalbert Krüger]] (1832–1896) a German astronomer
* [[Carl Legien]] (1861–1920), leading politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
* [[Stanisław Taczak]] (1874–1960), general and commander-in-chief of the [[Greater Poland uprising (1806)|Great Poland Uprising]]; died in Malbork
* [[Bruno Kurowski]] (1879–1944) a German lawyer and politician of the [[Free City of Danzig]]
* [[Erich Kamke]] (1890–1961) a German mathematician, specialized in the theory of differential equations
* [[Erich Abraham]] (1895–1971), general
* [[Heinz Galinski]] (1912–1992), president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, 1988–1992 
* [[Alfred Struwe]] (1927–1998), actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835388/  IMDb Database] retrieved 9 November 2018</ref>
* [[Hartmut Boockmann]] (1934–1998) a German historian, specializing in medieval history
* [[Ulrich K. Preuss]] (born 1939), German jurist
* [[Klaus Ampler]] (1940–2016) a German cyclist, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Wolfgang Barthels]]  (born 1940), a retired German football player, over 200 games for [[F.C. Hansa Rostock]]
* [[Christel Lau]] (born 1944) a retired German field hockey player
* [[Grzegorz Lato]] (born 1950), former striker for the Poland national football team and politician
* [[Jarek Dymek]] (born 1971) a Polish former strongman competitor
* [[Shamek Pietucha]] (1976–2015) a Polish-born Canadian swimmer who represented Canada in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Izabela Bełcik]] (born 1980) a Polish volleyball player, Poland women's national volleyball team 1999–2014
* [[Rafał Murawski]] (born 1981) a Polish footballer, over 400 club games and 48 games for Poland
* [[Aneta Florczyk]] (born 1982) a Polish female athlete and strongwoman
* [[Marcelina Zawadzka]] (born 1989), model, Miss Polonia 2011, semifinalist Miss Universe 2012 and TV presenter
* Otto Dietrich zur Linde (fictional), character of [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' short story ''[[Deutsches Requiem (short story)|Deutsches Requiem]].''

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}
Malbork is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Margny-lès-Compiègne]], [[France]] <small>''(since 2004)''</small>
*{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Monheim am Rhein]], [[Germany]] <small>''(since 2005)''</small>
*{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Nordhorn]], [[Germany]] <small>''(since 1995)''</small>
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sölvesborg]], [[Sweden]] <small>''(since 1999)''</small>
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Trakai]], [[Lithuania]] <small>''(since 1997)''</small>
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr (city)|Volodymyr]], [[Ukraine]] <small>''(since 2023)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://volodymyrrada.gov.ua/polskyj-malbork-stav-novym-mistom-partnerom-volodymyra/ | title=Польський Мальборк став новим містом-партнером Володимира |language=uk }} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814081316/https://volodymyrrada.gov.ua/polskyj-malbork-stav-novym-mistom-partnerom-volodymyra/|date=2023-08-14 }}</ref>''</small>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Malbork (DerHexer) 2010-07-14 355.jpg|Post office
File:Malbork (DerHexer) 2010-07-14 354.jpg|City water tower
File:1529 Malbork, gimnazjum męskie, ul.17. Marca 4 02 front.jpg|District Court
File:Koszary w Malborku (4).jpg|Barracks of the [[Polish Armed Forces]]
File:Malbork 17 marca 21.jpg|Art Nouveau townhouse
File:Malbork, kościół MB Nieustającej Pomocy - panoramio.jpg|Our Lady of Perpetual Help church
File:Malbork, Tadeusza Kościuszki, informační centrum.JPG|Tourist Information Center
</gallery>

==Citations==
===Notes===
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===References===
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==External links==
{{Commons|Malbork}}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040821212814/http://www.malbork.pl/en/ Municipal website] {{in lang|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161002185615/http://malbork.com/ Malbork City Guide] {{in lang|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310231205/http://www.imalbork.pl/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=en Tourist Information]
*[http://www.malbork.info.pl/ Malbork portal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721173436/http://www.malbork.info.pl/ |date=2011-07-21 }} {{in lang|pl}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060513121058/http://www.zamek.malbork.pl/en/ The Malbork Castle Museum]
*[http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/5,80291,6155154.html Photos of the Massgrave]
*[http://www.malborktravel.pl Accommodation and travelling in Malbork]

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