Chojna (german: Königsberg in der Neumark; csb, Czińsbarg; la, Regiomontanus Neomarchicus "King's Mountain in the
New March
The Neumark (), also known as the New March ( pl, Nowa Marchia) or as East Brandenburg (), was a region of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and its successors located east of the Oder, Oder River in territory which became part of History of Polan ...
") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...
. It lies approximately south of
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 7,330.
Chojna is located near two border crossings (
Hohenwutzen and
Schwedt
Schwedt (or Schwedt/Oder; ) is a town in Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany. With the official status of a ''Große Kreisstadt, Große kreisangehörige Stadt'' (major district town), it is the largest town of the Uckermark (district), Uckermark ...
) on the
Oder River
The Oder ( , ; Czech, Lower Sorbian and ; ) is a river in Central Europe. It is Poland's second-longest river in total length and third-longest within its borders after the Vistula and Warta. The Oder rises in the Czech Republic and flows thr ...
with Germany. It participates in the EU
Douzelage
The Douzelage is a town twinning association with one town from each of the member states of the European Union.
The name is a portmanteau of the French words "douze" for twelve and "jumelage" for twinning and stands for the twelve founder member ...
town twinning initiative.
History
High Middle Ages
From the 10th-12th centuries an early
Pomeranian fortification, probably with a
market
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*Market (economics), system in which parties engage in transactions according to supply and demand
*Market economy
*Marketplace, a physical marketplace or public market
Geography
*Märket, an ...
, developed at the location of present-day Chojna. It became part of the emerging Polish state in the 10th century under its first historic ruler
Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I (; – 25 May 992) was the first ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, the Duchy of Poland. His reign stretched from 960 to his death and he was a member of the Piast dynasty, a son of Siemomysł and ...
. Because of its favorable location on
trading routes
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leading to the principalities of
Greater Poland
Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a Polish historical regions, historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed ...
and the
duchies of Pomerania, the settlement developed quickly. Duke
Bogusław I of Pomerania was entombed in the settlement's church after his death in 1187. After 1200 the settlement received
Magdeburg town rights from Duke
Barnim I the Good. It was referred to as "Konigesberge" for the first time in 1244 and passed to the
Bishopric of Brandenburg
The Prince-Bishopric of Brandenburg (german: Hochstift Brandenburg) was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the 12th century until it was secularized during the second half of the 16th century. It should not be confused wi ...
after Bishop
Otto of Brandenburg had acquired part of the
New March
The Neumark (), also known as the New March ( pl, Nowa Marchia) or as East Brandenburg (), was a region of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and its successors located east of the Oder, Oder River in territory which became part of History of Polan ...
in 1252. Populated with
German
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**Germania (historical use)
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** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
knights and colonists, the town's name "Konigesberge" evolved into the German name "Königsberg" ("King's Mountain"), with the epithet ''in der Neumark'' (i.e. in the New
March
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) added to distinguish it from
namesakes in East Prussia and
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
. After in 1267 Bishop
Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the ...
of Brandenburg had ceded the "terra Konigesberge" to the
Ascanian
The House of Ascania (german: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt.
The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as ''Schloss ...
Margraves of Brandenburg
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The Mark, or ''March'', of Brandenburg was one of the primary constituent states of the Hol ...
, the town was granted the right to hold a market as well as regional legal jurisdiction, causing it to become the main town of the New March at that time.
Late Middle Ages
A
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...
existed by 1282, while an
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monastery was founded in 1290. From 1310 to 1329 the town experienced an
economic boom
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linked to the
grain trade
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, and received further market privileges. The town hall was built in 1320. Trade goods were shipped over the Oder and rivers. During the 13th and 14th centuries a
defensive wall
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was built around the town with numerous towers and three
city gate
A city gate is a gate which is, or was, set within a city wall. It is a type of fortified gateway.
Uses
City gates were traditionally built to provide a point of controlled access to and departure from a walled city for people, vehicles, goods ...
s (,
Barnkowo Gate, and
Vierraden
Vierraden was the name of a small town in the northeast of the German state of Brandenburg.
On October 26, 2003, it was incorporated into the city of Schwedt (Oder), which is about 3 kilometers to the south. Until the incorporation, Vierraden was ...
Gate — the latter demolished in the 19th century). In 1319 a war broke out over control of the region, and the town came again under control of the
Duchy of Pomerania
The Duchy of Pomerania (german: Herzogtum Pommern; pl, Księstwo Pomorskie; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country ha ...
, but fell back to Brandenburg in 1324. In 1373, the region became part of the
Czech Crown Lands
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, ruled by the
Luxembourg dynasty
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. In 1402, the Luxembourgs reached an agreement with
Poland
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in
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
, according to which Poland was to purchase and re-incorporate the region, but eventually the Luxembourgs pawned it to the
Teutonic Order
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. The and the new
town hall
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(1410) built during this time were some of the most aesthetically pleasing
Gothic
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**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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buildings in the New March. The strong town withstood an attack by the
Hussite
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The Hussit ...
s in 1433 during the
Hussite Wars
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. In 1454, the Teutonic Knights sold the region to Brandenburg in order to raise funds for
war against Poland.
Modern age
![Chojna widok XV w](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Chojna_widok_XV_w.jpg)
The town flourished economically during the
German Renaissance
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beginning in the 15th century, but the majority of its population died from three plagues during the 16th and 17th centuries. It had several churches: the Augustinian monastery church, the Augustinian hospital church of the
Holy Spirit
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, and the Churches of Saints
Mary
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* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
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* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
,
Nicholas
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,
George
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* George W. Bush, 43rd Presid ...
, and
Gertrude. The town gradually converted to
Lutheranism
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from 1539-1553 during the
Protestant Reformation
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, resulting in the dissolution of the monastery in 1536. Its buildings were instead used as a hospital and school, while was used as a storehouse, before in 1690 it was reopened as a Protestant church. During the
Thirty Years' War
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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
, the town was occupied at different times by the
Imperial
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United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
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troops of
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Th ...
and the
Swedish
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troops of King
Gustavus Adolphus
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, in the course of which the town was destroyed by 52%. After the destruction of the Church of St. Mary's tower by a
lightning bolt in 1682, reconstruction commenced until 1692.
![Chojna widok ok 1710](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Chojna_widok_ok_1710.jpg)
In the church, a new
Baroque
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pulpit was built in 1714, as well as an
organ built by
Joachim Wagner in 1734. The town began to revive economically after the foundation of the
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...
, becoming the seat of the government (Kriegs- und Domainenkammer) of the New March in 1759 during the
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754 ...
. In 1767 the city gates towards Schwedt and Bernikow were partially dismantled to provide stone for the construction of a military barracks at the former monastery. The town's inhabitants initially specialised in agriculture and forestry and later in weaving of fine textiles. That industry declined, however with the onset of industrialisation, around 1840. During the
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
, in 1806 the town was captured by a small French unit. The place became the county seat of the in 1809 and part of the
Frankfurt Region in the Prussian
Province of Brandenburg
The Province of Brandenburg (german: Provinz Brandenburg) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1945. Brandenburg was established in 1815 from the Kingdom of Prussia's core territory, comprised the bulk of the historic Margraviate of Brandenburg ...
in 1816. With Prussia the town became part of the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
in 1871 and flourished after being connected to the
railway
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network in 1877. It also served as an educational and administrative centre for the surrounding region. In 1913 the local
Polish
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* Poles
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community erected the Sacred Heart Church, the town's first Catholic church since the Reformation.
World War II
In 1939 the
Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...
constructed , later used by the
Soviet Air Forces
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
between 1945 and 1992. A subcamp of the
Ravensbrück concentration camp
Ravensbrück () was a German concentration camp exclusively for women from 1939 to 1945, located in northern Germany, north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück (part of Fürstenberg/Havel). The camp memorial's estimated figure o ...
was set up for the enlargement of the airfield.
After the
Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occ ...
, many
Polish
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* Polish language
* Poles
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women from
Warsaw
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were imprisoned there. In January 1945 battles of the
Vistula–Oder Offensive occurred in and around the town. The German population
fled in haste warned about
the mass rapes. On 4 February 1945 Kurt Flöter, Königsberg's then mayor, was condemned to death by hanging by an
SS court martial
A court-martial or court martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of memb ...
chaired by
Otto Skorzeny
Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny (12 June 1908 – 5 July 1975) was an Austrian-born German SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' (lieutenant colonel) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. During the war, he was involved in a number of operations, including th ...
, because he had fled before issuing a general evacuation order by the military. On the same day the
Soviet
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Red Army
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occupied the town. The entire city centre with the Church of St. Mary and the town hall was burned to the ground by the Soviets on 16 February 1945. 80 percent of the entire town was destroyed. After the German capitulation, under border changes promulgated at the
Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference (german: Potsdamer Konferenz) was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Pe ...
, the town became again part of Poland; the local population was dispossessed and expelled.
Post-war Poland
![Chojna - panoramio (11)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Chojna_-_panoramio_%2811%29.jpg)
The town was first renamed as Władysławsko by June 1945. On 21 August 1945 the name was changed to Królewiec nad Odrą (''Królewiec'' being the historic Polish equivalent for ''
Königsberg
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'', adding ''upon Oder'' for distinction). On 7 May 1946 the town was renamed again as Chojna. Chojna was gradually repopulated by Poles, many of whom were expelled from
former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union.
Vestiges of the war are still visible in some of Chojna's buildings. The foundation wall of the destroyed town hall was rebuilt for use as a cultural centre, town library, and
public house
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. The monastery was also reconstructed, while the marketplace was newly built. Reconstruction of the destroyed St. Mary's church began in 1994 as a joint
German
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-Polish cooperation. In 1997 the roof of the church's nave was covered, while the pyramidal tower roof of the tower was reconditioned in a 19th-century
Neo-gothic
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style. Chojna's two main landmarks are thus and the Church of St. Mary, both historical buildings by the Gothic architect
Hinrich Brunsberg. A monument to
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
was unveiled in 2006 next to the St. Mary's church.
Demographics
Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:
Number of inhabitants by year
Sights
Chojna is located on The
European Route of Brick Gothic
The European Route of Brick Gothic (EuRoB) is an association of cities, towns, regions, municipalities and institutions that have Brick Gothic buildings in their territory or have their headquarters in a Brick Gothic building. The network also incl ...
. Among the historic landmarks of Chojna are:
* St. Mary's church
* The
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monastery
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with the Holy Trinity church
* (''Ratusz'')
* Remains of the defensive walls with the Świecka and Barnkowska Gates and the Bakers (''Piekarska''), Prison (''Więzienna'') and Stork (''Bociania'') Towers
*
The Giant Plane in the Municipal Park (''Park Miejski'')
* Saint Mark church
* Sacred Heart church
* Ruins of the Saint Gertrude chapel
* The Swedish Mound, ca. 1km west of the city wall on the road to Schwedt, built in 1630 to commemorate Gustav Adolf II, Swedish king after the 30 years war
Sports
The local
football
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club is . It competes in the lower leagues.
Notable residents
*
Carl Friedrich von Beyme (1765-1838) Chief Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia 1806/7
*
Adalbert Kuhn
Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn (19 November 1812 – 5 May 1881) was a German philologist and folklorist.
Kuhn was born in Königsberg in Brandenburg's Neumark region. From 1841 he was connected with the Köllnisches Gymnasium at Berlin, of whic ...
(1812-1881) a German philologist and folklorist
*
Gabrielle Weidner
Gabrielle Weidner (Brussels, 17 August 1914 - Königsberg in der Neumark, 17 February 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter playing an active role in the French Resistance during World War II.
Early life
Gabrielle Weidner was born in Brussels to ...
(1914 - 1945 in Königsberg in der Neumark) a Dutch resistance fighter, died in concentration camp
*
Helmut Fiehn
Helmut Fiehn (19 February 1916 – 23 April 1943) was a Kapitänleutnant (captain lieutenant) in Nazi Germany's '' Kriegsmarine'' during World War II.
He was born on 19 February 1916 in Königsberg, Germany. In 1935 he joined the German military ...
(1916–1943) a captain lieutenant in Germany's Kriegsmarine during WWII.
* Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth (1930–2010), geographer, professor of the Frederick-Alexander University in Erlangen and Nuremberg
International relations
Twin towns - Sister cities
Chojna is a member of the
Douzelage
The Douzelage is a town twinning association with one town from each of the member states of the European Union.
The name is a portmanteau of the French words "douze" for twelve and "jumelage" for twinning and stands for the twelve founder member ...
, a unique
town twinning
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inter ...
association of 24 towns across the
European Union
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. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.
Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (
Agros in
Cyprus
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,
Škofja Loka
Škofja Loka (; german: Bischoflack) is a town in Slovenia. It is the economic, cultural, educational, and administrative center of the Municipality of Škofja Loka in Upper Carniola. It has about 12,000 inhabitants.
Geography
Škofja Loka lies a ...
in
Slovenia
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, and
Tryavna
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in
Bulgaria
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References
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Chojna
Chojna (german: Königsberg in der Neumark; csb, Czińsbarg; la, Regiomontanus Neomarchicus "King's Mountain in the New March") is a small town in northwestern Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It lies approximately south of Szcze ...
article, accessed May 26, 2006.
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Municipal websiteGenealogical information about Königsberg in der Neumark
Jewish Community in Chojnaon Virtual Shtetl
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Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Gryfino County
Nazi war crimes in Poland