What is "kierwiny"

Kierwiny (German Kerwienen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kiwity, within Lidzbark County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kiwity, east of Lidzbark Warmiński, and north of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany ( East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.