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==History== |
==History== |
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[[File:JagdschlossRominten.jpg|thumb|left|Hunting lodge in 1914]] |
[[File:JagdschlossRominten.jpg|thumb|left|Hunting lodge in 1914]] |
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The village goes back to a hunting lodge which was first mentioned in a document of 1572. The village later became a colony of tar distillers. Until 1657, it was under the suzerainty of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]]. ''Rominten'' had already been a hunting place for Prince Elector [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick William]] of [[Brandenburg-Prussia]] in 1683. The region was elevated to an Imperial Court Hunting District by German Emperor [[Wilhelm II]] in 1890. The emperor's [[Rominten Hunting Lodge]] was built in 1891. After World War I Rominten remained a state hunting district, while the Lodge remained Wilhelm's private property. |
The village goes back to a hunting lodge which was first mentioned in a document of 1572. The village later became a colony of tar distillers. Until 1657, it was under the suzerainty of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Kingdom of Poland]]. ''Rominten'' had already been a hunting place for Prince Elector [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick William]] of [[Brandenburg-Prussia]] in 1683. The region was elevated to an Imperial Court Hunting District by German Emperor [[Wilhelm II]] in 1890. The emperor's [[Rominten Hunting Lodge]] was built in 1891. After World War I Rominten remained a state hunting district, while the Lodge remained Wilhelm's private property (including [[Kaiserbahnhof]] Groß Rominten). |
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In September 1933 Wilhelm refused to allow [[Hermann Göring]] to stay in the lodge, subsequently Göring built his [[Reichsjägerhof Rominten]]. After Wilhelm's death Göring forced the heirs to sell the Lodge to himself.<ref name=Neum>{{Cite book|title=Görings Revier – Jagd und Politik in der Rominter Heide|first1=Uwe|last1=Neumärker| first2=Volker|last2=Knopf|publisher=Ch. Links|year=2007|isbn=978-3-86153-457-0|pages=49|language=de}}</ref> Göring used the new structure until the arrival of the Red Army in 1944. |
In September 1933 Wilhelm refused to allow [[Hermann Göring]] to stay in the lodge, subsequently Göring built his [[Reichsjägerhof Rominten]]. After Wilhelm's death Göring forced the heirs to sell the Lodge to himself.<ref name=Neum>{{Cite book|title=Görings Revier – Jagd und Politik in der Rominter Heide|first1=Uwe|last1=Neumärker| first2=Volker|last2=Knopf|publisher=Ch. Links|year=2007|isbn=978-3-86153-457-0|pages=49|language=de}}</ref> Göring used the new structure until the arrival of the Red Army in 1944. |