Szyldak


Szyldak is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostróda, within Ostróda County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Ostróda and south-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

History

The history of the manor begins in 1325 with the award of 400 Hufen of land to the knight Hans or Johannes Otatz in Gröben. Schildeck was probably founded ten years later in 1335. Around 1700 Johann von Schirstädt was the owner. He had a church built in the village of Schildeck in 1705.
The von Hardt family lived there from the 19th century until 1945. A member of this family was a judge in Osterode. At that time the manor covered 800 hectares and included a dairy and a distillery. Horses were bred on the manor.
The population of the rural community of Schildeck in 1905 was 242. There were 231 Protestants, there were 7 Catholics whose mother tongue was Masurian, and 4 other Christians. The Protestant parishes for Schildeck were Kraplau and Döhringen. The Catholic parish was Osterode. The civil registry district was Döhringen.
The population of Schildeck Manor in 1905 was 151. There were 149 Protestants and there were 2 Catholics. The Protestant parishes for Schildeck Manor were Kraplau and Döhringen. The Catholic parish was Osterode. The civil registry district was Döhringen.
In January 1945 the Soviet Army occupied Schildeck. Soviet soldiers shot and killed the last owner of the manor, General Günther von Niebelschütz, on 26 January 1945. Von Niebelschütz had married Antonie Tosca "Elisabeth" Hardt, daughter of Eduard Louis "Arthur" and "Sophie" Therese Ulrike Hardt, in 1919. Elisabeth was an heiress of the Hardt family, owners of the Manor.

Monument

The manor house was erected around 1910. It along with the park is in the Register of Monuments. Farm and livestock buildings are located in the northern part of the complex.

Notable residents