Ryn
Ryn [ rɨn ] ( German Rhein) is a town in the Polish Warmian -Masurian in the former East Prussia, with about 3,000 inhabitants.
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Geographical Location
Ryn located 19 kilometers southwest of Giżycko ( Lötzen ) on an isthmus between the Ollofsee ( Jezioro Ołów ) and the Rheinermark See ( Jezioro Ryńskie ) in Mazury. Ryn is part of the powiat Giżycki.
History
In 1377 was the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, Winrich von Kniprode, at the site of a former Old Prussian rampart a stronghold for Ryne ( 1339 Renus of baltic renis - gully ) build, which belonged to the Scheduled Balga. Probably originated together with the Ordensburg also a settlement that will, however, only mentioned in 1405.
1393 was the Coming Ryne, later High German Rhine, built, which is no longer detectable after 1468. The best-known commander of the Rhine was Rudolf von Tippelskirch who had rendered outstanding also in the colonization of East Prussia.
After the secularization of the Order state the Duchy of Prussia in 1525, a post captain was established in the Rhine until 1775.
In the Tartar invasion in East Prussia, the place was looted on February 7, 1657, burned down, and many residents were deported. From 1709 to 1711 the Rhine was afflicted by the Great Plague.
Despite these setbacks, Friedrich Wilhelm I gave the place in 1723, the city law. The main reason for the Rhine function was as an administrative center for a large rural area.
During the Napoleonic Wars quartering took place in the Rhine.
In the 19th and 20th centuries stagnated the development of the city. In 1902 the Rhine was a railway connection, but only one operated by the Rastenburger Kleinbahnen narrow gauge branch line.
From 1818 to 1945 belonged to the Rhine district Lötzen.
Below the Order of the castle in the city center connects an underground channel to Matussekteich, a silted bay of Ollofsees, with the mill pond of the former convent mill and the Rheinermark lake.
Community
The urban and rural community Ryn ( gmina miejsko - wiejska ) consists of the following villages:
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Argent, on a green ground, a static, black deer against a green deciduous tree. "
This badge of the old Commandery Reyn was awarded to the city by King William I on 7 February 1880.
Partnership
Since 2006, there are partnerships with the municipality Amt Neuhaus in Lower Saxony, Germany.