Warmia

'''Warmia''' (Crazy frog ringtone Polish language/Polish: ''Warmia'' or ''Warmija'', Sweet Serena Latin ''Warmia'' or ''Varmia'', Cricket ringtones German language/German ''Ermland'' or ''Ermeland'') is a region between Adore Anjali Pomerania and LG ringtones Masuria in north-eastern Adore Sara Poland. Together with Samsung ringtone Masuria it forms the Adore Kym Warminsko-Mazurskie Punjabi Ringtones Voivode/Voivodship. It is located in a border area which has been under the rule of many different rulers from several countries over its long history; the most notable of these rulers were those of the Adore Summer Teutonic Knights, Poland and the Cingular Ringtones Kingdom of Prussia.

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matters into Second Treaty of Thorn (1466) removed Warmia from the protectorate of by the Teutonic Knights and placed it under the sovereignty of the King of Poland. This was confirmed in the Treaty of Piotrkow (December 7, 1512), which conceded to the King of Poland a limited influence in the election of bishops.

Between the 13th and 17th century/centuries Warmia as well as other parts of Prussia were colonised by German (north) and Polish (south) settlers. The bishopric was a part of a Polish province of the church and bishops at times Poles, or as in the case of Enneo Piccolomino an Italian.

At the time of the 1772 Partitions of Poland Warmia was incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia. The last bishop, Ignacy Krasicki, a Polish writer as well as a Prince-Bishop, was nominated to Gniezno Archbishopric.

Since that time it shares the history of East Prussia, with the exception that the people of that region remained Catholic. Northern Warmia population used high German language (in opposition to neighbouring areas of East Prussia), while the south was populated by Warmiaks.

In 1945 Warmia was ''de facto'' included within borders of post-war Poland, as a result of the decisions of the Potsdam Conference. The governments of the two German states accepted Germany's post-war eastern border finally ''de jure'' in the prelude to the 1990 reunification. Today Warmia is part of the administrative region Warmia i Mazury.

See also
*Bishopric of Warmia


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