I may be wrong, but I think Dobjin (from the book), is the same as today's Dobrzyn nad Wisla. Ruth Pokorny --------------- http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp Location(Native names in BOLD) Feature Type Coordinates (Click for JewishGen Resource Map) Maps Country Distance/Directionfrom reference point 10 mile radius Dobrzyn nad Wisla, Dobrzyn populated place 52°39' N 19°20' E E M U G Poland 75.4 miles WNW of Warszawa 52°15' N 21°0' E For an online Map click on Expediamaps or MapQuest or MUltimap or Google Maps --------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobrzy%C5%84_nad_Wis%C5%82%C4%85 Dobrzyn nad Wisla (German: Dobrin an der Weichsel) is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It lies on the Vistula River in the vicinity of Wloclawek. As of 2004 the town had a population of 2,400. [edit] History Settlement in the Dobrzyn Land is dated as far back as 1065. The crusading Order of Dobrzyn was granted Dobrzyn as a base in 1228, although the knights were later incorporated into the Teutonic Order. The town was accorded city rights by the beginning of the 13th century, and Dobrzyn was the capital of a principality until the beginning of the 14th century. A castle was constructed by the Order of Dobrzyn, but it was destroyed in 1409 in a war with Poland. She was also sacked by Daniel of Galicia, who was King of Galicia in 1240. -------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Dobrzy%C5%84 The Order of Dobrzyn (Polish: Zakon Dobrzynski) or Order of Dobrin (German: Orden von Dobrin), also known as the Brothers of Dobrzyn (Polish: Bracia Dobrzynscy), was a military order created in the borderland of Masovia and Prussia (today's Dobrzyn Land, Poland) during the 13th century Prussian Crusade to 'defend against Baltic Prussian raids'. In Latin the knights were known as the Fratres Milites Christi (de Prussia,[1] de Dobrin, de Dobrzyn,[2] de Mazovia), and they were nicknamed the Prussian Cavaliers of Jesus Christ. The Order was created by Christian of Oliva, the first Bishop of Prussia (1216-1228), to protect Masovia and Kuyavia against raids from the pagan Prussians who defied Duke Konrad I of Masovia's attempts to subjugate them. The creation of the Order was confirmed by Pope Gregory IX (1227-1241) in 1228. Duke Konrad granted the Knights the town of Dobrzyn (Dobrin) and the surrounding Dobrzyn Land (German: Dobriner Land), territory located south of and adjacent to Prussia. The Order of Dobrzyn was the only military order created in the territory of Poland. At first the Order was composed of 15 German knights from Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg led by Master Brunon. The Order of Dobrzyn provided assistance to the Cistercian missionaries in Prussia and protection from the raids of the pagan Prussian tribes. Their ideology was represented by their clothing - over their armor they had white cloaks, with symbols of a red sword raised up and a red star representing the revelations of Jesus to non christians. The rules of their orders were based on those of the Livonian Order and the Knights Templar. In the face of the Order's lack of success in battle against the Prussians, as well as their small number (at its highest, 35 knights), in around 1235 the majority of the Knights joined the Teutonic Order, as allowed by a papal document, the Golden Bull of Rieti. In 1237 the rest of the Brothers were moved by Konrad to Drohiczyn to increase the military strength of that outpost. The Brothers of Dobrin were last mentioned when Drohiczyn was captured by Prince Daniel of Kiev in 1240. ---------------