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# Kwidzyn

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Kwidzyn** — Current Polish Latin-script name, retained in English; no transliteration is needed.

Other forms in use:

- **Marienwerder** — Historical German name, used in English accounts of the town before 1945 and in historical or family records; not the current official name.
- **Marienwerder in Westpreußen** — Expanded German historical form identifying the West Prussian town.
- **Marienwerder in Westpreussen** — German historical form with ss replacing ß.

## French name

**Kwidzyn** — Same current Polish spelling as in English; no separate French exonym is selected.

Other forms in use:

- **Marienwerder** — German historical name retained in French writing about the former German town and in references to German sources.

## About

Kwidzyn is a town above the lower Vistula in Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its brick cathedral and castle form a prominent medieval complex associated with the bishops of Pomesania.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q326582](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326582) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/kwidzyn/?format=json)


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