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Jan Radtke (Polish: [ˈjan ˈrat.tkɛ]; 9/10 February 1872 – 22 December 1958) was a politician, who served as the mayor (sołtys) of Gdynia, and the mayor (wójt) of the municipality of Chylonia, from 1919 to 1926.
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Jan Radtke (Polish: [ˈjan ˈrat.tkɛ]; 9/10 February 1872 – 22 December 1958) was a politician, who served as the mayor (sołtys) of Gdynia, and the mayor (wójt) of the municipality of Chylonia, from 1919 to 1926.
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Biography Jan Radtke was born on either 9 or 10 February 1872, in the village of Dębogórze, then located in the West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, and currently, within the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The exact date of his birth remains contested. The documentation from his baptism lists the date as 9 February. However, Radtke himself listed the date as 10 February. It is possible that he intentionally listed this date instead, as it was the date on which the Poland's Wedding to the Sea ceremony was held in 1920. He was the son of Józef Radtke, an owner of 50 hectares of farmland, and Julianna Radtke (née Magryan). He had eight siblings, including four sisters and four brothers. Following his graduation from the school of agriculture in Sopot, and finishing an internship in the Neustadt District Hall in Wejherowo, he began working as an administrator of a small landed property in West Prussia. In 1910, he moved to Gdynia, where in 1912, he built a summer vacation pension guest house. In accordance to the Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919, the village of Gdynia, and its surroundings area, were to be incorporated into Poland. As such, on 30…
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Commemorations On 16 September 1989, on the façade of his house at 2 Dziesiątego Lutego Street, was placed a commemorative plaque dedicated to Radtke. It was done from the initiative of the Kashubian–Pomeranian Association. In 1991, a street in Gdynia was named after him. For several years, the 14th High School at Dąbek Square in Gdynia, was named after him. The school was closed in 2018. The character of Radtke, portrayed by Andrzej Grąziewicz, appears in the 2009 historical film Born of the Sea directed by Andrzej Kotkowski.