Tołkiny

Tołkiny
Village
A church in Tołkiny
Tołkiny
Coordinates: 54°6′30″N 21°13′13″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Kętrzyn
Gmina	Korsze

Tołkiny [tɔu̯ˈkinɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korsze, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] 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.[2][3][4]

Notable residents

• Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1882-1944), German general and resistance fighter

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?