Drawno (german: Neuwedell; csb, Nowi Wedel) is a town in

Choszczno County __NOTOC__ Choszczno County ( pl, powiat choszczeński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish loca ...

, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,219 inhabitants as of December 2021. The headquarters of the

Drawa National Park Drawa National Park ( pl, Drawieński Park Narodowy) is located in north-western Poland, on the border of Greater Poland, Lubusz and West Pomeranian Voivodeships. The park is a part of the huge Drawsko Forest (Puszcza Drawska), which lies on t ...

(''Drawieński Park Narodowy'') are located here.

History

In the 10th-11th centuries, using the suitable location between two lakes, a Slavic

gród A gord is a medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, usually built on strategic sites such as hilltops, riverbanks, lake islets or peninsulas between the 6th and 12th centuries CE in Central and Eastern Europe. The typical gord usually consisted ...

and a fishing village were established here. The settlement was a part of Poland during the reign of the first Polish rulers

Mieszko I 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 ...

and

Bolesław I the Brave Bolesław I the Brave ; cs, Boleslav Chrabrý; la, Boleslaus I rex Poloniae (17 June 1025), less often known as Bolesław the Great, was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025, and the first King of Poland in 1025. He was also Duke of Bohemia betw ...

. In different periods in the Middle Ages it was a part of Pomerania or

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 ...

. In the 13th century Drawno was part of the Duchy of Greater Poland, a province of fragmented Poland. Town rights were granted between 1313 and 1333. From 1373 Drawno was part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (or ''Czech Lands''), ruled by the Luxembourg dynasty. In 1402, the Luxembourgs reached an agreement with Poland in Kraków. Poland was to buy and re-incorporate Drawno and its surroundings, but eventually the Luxembourgs sold the city to the Teutonic Order. During the Polish–Teutonic War (1431–35) Drawno rebelled against the Order to join Poland and recognized the Polish King as rightful ruler, but after the

Peace of Brześć Kujawski Peace of Brześć Kujawski was a peace treaty signed on December 31, 1435 in Brześć Kujawski that ended the Polish–Teutonic War (1431–1435). The treaty was signed in the aftermath of the Livonian Order's defeat at the hands of the allied Po ...

, the town, after receiving a guarantee of impunity for siding with Poland, returned to the rule of the Teutonic Knights, although, as it turned out, for a short time - only until 1454. The medieval castle was rebuilt in Renaissance style around 1600, but later on it was destroyed in the 17th and 18th century wars.Józef Pilch, Stanisław Kowalski, ''Leksykon zabytków architektury Pomorza Zachodniego i ziemi lubuskiej'', Wydawnictwo ARKADY sp. z o.o., Warszawa, 2012 (in Polish) Between 1871 and 1945 the area was part of Germany.

Gallery

Dubie from Drawno 2009-08.jpg, Dubie Lake Rudno lake 2009-08.jpg, Rudno Lake Drawno spichlerz.jpg, Old granary, now a museum Drawno zamek (3).jpg, Ruins of the Drawno Castle

Notable residents

Erich Rüdiger von Wedel Oberleutnant Erich Rüdiger von Wedel (1892–1954) was a German World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories. Additionally, he spent most of the time from 2 May 1918 until the war's end on 11 November 1918 as commander of Ja ...

(1892–1954), German World War I flying ace

References

External links

Official town webpage

Jewish Community in Drawno
on Virtual Shtetl Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Choszczno County {{Choszczno-geo-stub