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Depends about which time frame you ask: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmia
Warmia (Polish: Warmia, Latin: Varmia) or Erm(e)land (German: Ermland.ogg Ermland (help·info)) is a region between Pomerania and Masuria in northeastern Poland.
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Warmia has been under the dominion of various states and peoples over the course of its history, most notably the Old Prussians, the Teutonic Knights, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Kingdom of Prussia. The history of the region is closely connected to that of the Archbishopric of Warmia (formerly, Duchy of Warmia).
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Soon after arrival of the first dukes of the Polans in later Poland centuries of conquest attempts on the native Prussians began in 997 AD. The preferred method were attempts at christianizing the still heathen people, thereby conquering their land.
German since 1241
...After arriving to Kulmerland in 1230, the Teutonic Knights proceeded to conquer the pagan Prussians and convert them to Christianity. The Warmians, together with the Bartians and the Natangians, were conquered between 1238-1241.[3..
Then polish:
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Poles settled in greater numbers after the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), and removed the Archbishopric of Warmia from the control of the Teutonic Knights and placed it under the sovereignty of the Crown of Poland as part of the province of Royal Prussia.
Thorn became polish 1466.
But the Koppernigh family settled already there, in a then german, hanseatic league town. They stayed.
Niklas was born there 1473.
