92.77.56.162: Ruins of palace Dohna-Schlobitten (2009) [[Palace Schlobitten around 1860, Edition Alexander Duncker]]

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Słobity
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Słobity kościół p.w. Zmartchwywstania Pańskiego-006.JPG
| image_caption = Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Słobity
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship|Warmian-Masurian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Braniewo County|Braniewo]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Wilczęta|Wilczęta]]
| coordinates = {{coord|54|8|26|N|19|47|31|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 549
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 14-405<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|title=Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych|website=Poczta Polska|access-date=9 January 2025|language=pl|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222162405/https://www.poczta-polska.pl/hermes/uploads/2013/02/spispna.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| registration_plate = NBR
}}
[[Image:Schlobitten palace.jpg|thumb|Ruins of palace Dohna-Schlobitten (2009)]]
[[Image:Schloss Schlobitten Sammlung Duncker.jpg|thumb|[[Palace Schlobitten]] around 1860, Edition [[Alexander Duncker]]]]
'''Słobity''' {{IPAc-pl|s|ł|o|'|b|i|t|y}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Wilczęta]], within [[Braniewo County]], [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=pl}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|7|km|mi|0}} west of [[Wilczęta]], {{convert|28|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Braniewo]], and {{convert|62|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of the regional capital [[Olsztyn]].

The village had been the property of the {{ill|Dohna family|de|Dohna-Schlobitten}} since 1527.<ref>[http://www.familievonborries.de/informationen/Orte/Schlobitten.html history of Schlobitten] {{in lang|de}}</ref>
The last German owner of the palace Alexander zu Dohna renovated the [[Słobity Palace]] in 1944. In March 1945 the palace was burned down and the furnishings stolen by soldiers of the [[Red Army]].<ref>[M. Jackiewicz-Garniec, M. Garniec: Pałace i dwory dawnych Prus Wschodnich. Dobra utracone czy ocalone. Olsztyn: Wspólnota Kulturowa BORUSSIA, 1999, s. 64–65.] [[in lang/pl]]</ref>

==Notable residents==
* [[Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661–1728)]], field marshal
* [[Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten]] (1771–1831), Prussian politician
* [[Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten]] (1784–1859), field marshal
* [[Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten]] (1882–1944), General and resistance fighter
* [[Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1899–1997)]], officer and businessman

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Słobity}}
* http://slobity.com.pl

{{Gmina Wilczęta}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Braniewo County]]

{{Braniewo-geo-stub}}

Słobity - Revision history

92.77.56.162: Ruins of palace Dohna-Schlobitten (2009) [[Palace Schlobitten around 1860, Edition Alexander Duncker]]