Mątowy Wielkie | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Malbork |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Miłoradz |
Coordinates: | 54.0106°N 18.8533°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 353 |
Mątowy Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Miłoradz, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) west of Miłoradz, 130NaN0 west of Malbork, and 430NaN0 south of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village of 353.
The town was, in 1347, the birthplace of Saint Dorothea of Montau. Thus, a 14th-century Gothic church is located in the village which is located close to the Malbork Castle (Ordensburg Marienburg), the then the capital of the Teutonic Order's monastic state. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.