Ok all you history buffs out there....I have been trying to find the origin of why Dybowski Castle (in Torun) was named as such. There is many wep pages that give a brief history of the castle, but none of them tell why it was named that. I had emailed a few people years ago that ran some of the webpages to see if they knew or how I could find out, but I never got an answer from any of them. I guess I am just hoping that someone on this list has some knowledge of this and can help.... By the way, I really have to thank all of you on the list...what a help you all are! John Dybowski

Perhaps you can email the Polish Genealogical Society in Chicago. I bet they can help. Their site: pgsa.org. ----- Original Message ----- From: John R Dybowski<mailto:jdybowski@roadrunner.com> To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com<mailto:polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: [PBS] Zamek Dybowski Ok all you history buffs out there....I have been trying to find the origin of why Dybowski Castle (in Torun) was named as such. There is many wep pages that give a brief history of the castle, but none of them tell why it was named that. I had emailed a few people years ago that ran some of the webpages to see if they knew or how I could find out, but I never got an answer from any of them. I guess I am just hoping that someone on this list has some knowledge of this and can help.... By the way, I really have to thank all of you on the list...what a help you all are! John Dybowski ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, The various WEB pages describing Dybów (nee Nieszawa) Castle are mostly incomplete. The best and, in my view, the most complete, detailed and accurate exposition may be found in the Polish Geographical Atlas (in Polish, of course) under the term "Dybowo". That item dates the original construction of the Castle back to around 1229, a full 200 years before the time suggested by others. It also claims that the name was changed from Nieszawa to Dybów around 1431 along with the corresponding name change of the village when it was rebuilt. Of course, Dybów or Dybowo, the village, no longer exists by that name. Another Nieszawa was built about 40 km upriver from the original site. The Castle, however, remained at the original location. Roman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John R Dybowski<mailto:jdybowski@roadrunner.com> > To: polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com<mailto:polandbordersurnames@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 9:13 AM > Subject: [PBS] Zamek Dybowski > > > Ok all you history buffs out there....I have been trying to find the origin of why Dybowski Castle (in Torun) was named as such. There is many wep pages that give a brief history of the castle, but none of them tell why it was named that. I had emailed a few people years ago that ran some of the webpages to see if they knew or how I could find out, but I never got an answer from any of them. I guess I am just hoping that someone on this list has some knowledge of this and can help.... > > By the way, I really have to thank all of you on the list...what a help you all are! > John Dybowski >