Mątawy
village, gmina Nowe, Poland
Mątawy (formerly Frisian: Montau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe, within Świecie County, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie.
History
The first mention of Mątawy in the historical record dates to the 14 century when it was granted privileges under Kulm law by the Teutonic state. In 1568 the village was first settled by Olender Mennonites taking advantage of religious freedom in the Kingdom of Poland. By 1624, 24 Olender families were recorded to be resident in the village. In the latter 1800s Mątawy contained 97 buildings, housing 466 inhabitants, the vast majority of whom were Protestant.
Architecture
The village has eight existing Olender timber framed houses from the 19 century, numerous brick Olender houses, and a Mennonite church dating from 1898.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2557729. Authority coordinates are 53.576, 18.749. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1568, 1624 and 1898.
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