WEZEZEN, WIŻENY, WIZUNY…, CZYLI RZECZ O POCHODZENIU NAZWY WIŻAJNY
WEZEZEN, WIŻENY, WIZUNY…, OR THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME WIŻAJNY

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on explaining the origin of the name Wiżajny. The origin of the nameWiżajny is not clear. To this day, there are ongoing discussions among academics, but not only,on the etymology, origin or first use of this word. The earliest mention of Wiżajny most likelycomes from the Middle Ages, from a Teutonic document describing a road leading from InsterburgCastle towards Lake Wisztynieckie and Lake Wiżajny (the name: Wezezen appears then). Othernames can be found in sources from 1549 (Wiżeny) and 1606 (Wizuny). In turn, the GeographicalDictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic countries already gives the name Wiżajny.Although the origin of the name Wiżajny is not entirely certain, the fact that these lands wereinhabited by Yotvingian tribes is no longer in doubt. The historical past of the peoples of the Wiżajnyland is a reason for the justified pride of the inhabitants of their small homeland. Let this culturalheritage unite the local community, strengthen and build the identity of the place where you live.

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