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Prabuty

Coordinates: 53°45′21″N 19°11′51″E / 53.75583°N 19.19750°E / 53.75583; 19.19750
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See also: Prabuty, Masovian Voivodeship
Prabuty
Rynek (Market Square) in Prabuty
Rynek (Market Square) in Prabuty
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Coat of arms of Prabuty
Coat of arms
Prabuty is located in Poland
Prabuty
Prabuty
Coordinates: 53°45′21″N 19°11′51″E / 53.75583°N 19.19750°E / 53.75583; 19.19750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKwidzyn
GminaPrabuty
First mentioned1236
Town rights1330
Government
 • MayorMarek Szulc
Area
 • Total
7.92 km2 (3.06 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
8,488
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
82–550
Area code+48 55
Car platesGKW
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.prabuty.pl

Prabuty [praˈbutɨ] (German: Riesenburg) is a town in Kwidzyn County within the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Prabuty.

Geographical location

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Prabuty is located between the Liwieniec and Sowica lakes, approximately 18 kilometers east of Kwidzyn, 100 kilometers southeast of Gdańsk, 100 kilometers west of Olsztyn, and 133 kilometers southwest of Kaliningrad.

Prabuty is a rail junction on the Warsaw–Gdynia railway.

History

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Kwidzyn Gate (Brama Kwidzyńska)

In 1236, the Teutonic Knights under Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, destroyed an Old Prussian fortress between the lakes Dzierzgoń and Liwieniec. The settlement was first mentioned in 1250 as Riesenburg. Albert, the Bishop of Pomesania, founded the castle and town in 1270 and moved his seat there.[1] It would remain the primary seat of the Bishop of Pomesania until the diocese dissolved in 1587.[1] The village grew around the castle and received Culm law city rights on 30 October 1330[2] from bishop Rudolf of Pomerania (1322–1332). The town suffered a fire in August 1375.[3] The Lithuanian dukes Švitrigaila and Vaidutis visited the town in 1379 and 1381 respectively.[2][4][3] In 1410 and 1414 it was captured by the Poles.[4]

Knights and squires of the Prabuty district were co-founders of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation in 1440.[5] Since its establishment, part of the population wanted the town to join the organization.[2] In 1451, the town council eventually joined the Prussian Confederation, but bishop Kaspar Linke expelled the councilors and confiscated their property. The town was accepted again by the organization in February 1454, and upon the request of the organization, in March 1454, Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region and town to the Kingdom of Poland,[6] and the Thirteen Years' War broke out. The Bishop and canons of Pomesania also pledged allegiance to the Polish King.[7] Around that time, the town was mentioned in documents as Prabuth.[8] After the Battle of Chojnice, in which Polish forces were defeated, the town was forced to side with the Order again.[4] After the war and the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), the town became a part of Poland as a fief,[9] and Pomesanian bishops retained their rule over the area. In 1523, the diocese of Pomesania became Lutheran.[10] In 1525 the town became part of Ducal Prussia, a vassal state of Poland. In 1556, a synod was held in the town. In 1587, with the secularization of the diocese of Pomesania,[10] the town lost its status as the episcopal seat.[1]

The town suffered during the 17th century Polish-Swedish wars. In 1628, half of it was burnt down, and in 1688 the remainder was burned.[11] In 1722, fire caused destruction once again.[11]

In 1701, as part of Ducal Prussia, the town became a part of the Kingdom of Prussia and part of the newly created province of West Prussia in 1773. Despite this, as of 1789, Polish Protestant church services were still held in the town, and there was a Polish municipal school there.[4] In October 1831, several Polish cavalry and infantry units and honor guards of the November Uprising stopped in the town on the way to their internment places.[12] In 1871, the town became part of the German Empire in the framework of the Prussian-led unification of Germany. Until 1919, Riesenburg belonged to the administrative district of Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder in the Province of West Prussia.

After World War I, a referendum was held concerning the future nationality of the town, which remained part of Weimar Germany. From 1920 to 1939, Riesenburg belonged to the administrative district of Regierungsbezirk Westpreußen in the Province of East Prussia and from 1939 until 1945 to the district of Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder in the province of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia.

During World War II Germany operated a prisoner-of-war camp in the town.[13] The town was captured by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 in the final months of the war. It then became again part of Poland. Most of the German inhabitants were expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement and the pre-war Polish population was joined by Poles displaced from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union.

Heinz Heydrich (1905–44), brother of Reinhard Heydrich, is buried in the local military cemetery, according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt).

Historic churches in Prabuty
St. Adalbert Co-cathedral
Saint Andrew church
Saint Mary chapel

Number of inhabitants by year

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Year Number
1777 1,797
1782 1,878
1831 2,722
1875 3,542
1880 3,718
1890 4,586
1900 5,032
1905 4,826
1925 5,340
1933 6,116
1939 8,093
2006 8,488

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Sports

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The local football club is Pogoń Prabuty. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Wiltsch, J. E. T. (1868). Handbook of the Geography and Statistics of the Church. Vol. 2. Translated by John Leitch. London: Thomas Bosworth. p. 305.
  2. ^ a b c "History of Prabuty". Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  3. ^ a b Hirsch, Theodor; Töppen, Max; Ernst, Strehlke. Scriptores rerum Prussicarum. Die Geschichtsquellen der preussischen Vorzeit bis zum Untergange der Ordensherrschaft. Vol. 3. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. p. 17.
  4. ^ a b c d Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX (in Polish). Warsaw. 1888. p. 10.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. p. 10.
  6. ^ Górski, pp. XXXVIII, 54
  7. ^ Górski, pp. 71–73
  8. ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom IX, p. 9
  9. ^ Górski, pp. 96–97, 214–215
  10. ^ a b Kolb, Robert (1 May 2018). Luther's Wittenberg World: The Reformer's Family, Friends, Followers, and Foes. Fortress Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-5064-4640-0.
  11. ^ a b c Johann Friedrich Goldbeck: Volständige Topographie des Königreichs Preussen. Part II: Topographie von West-Preussen, Marienwerder 1789, p. 6, no 2.
  12. ^ Kasparek, Norbert (2014). "Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację". In Katafiasz, Tomasz (ed.). Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu (in Polish). Koszalin: Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie. p. 138.
  13. ^ Daniluk, Jan (2012). "Wykorzystanie siły roboczej jeńców wojennych w XX Okręgu Wojskowym w latach II wojny światowej (zarys problemu)". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 35. Opole: 22.
  14. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 16 (6th ed.). Leipzig. 1909. pp. 925–926.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  15. ^ Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Westpreußen, Kreis Rosenberg (2006).
  16. ^ August Eduard Preuß: Preußische Landes- und Volkskunde. Königsberg 1835, p. 441.
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