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| 1782 || 990, incl. 19 ].<ref name="Kratz52">Kratz (1865), </ref>
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| 1794 || 1,085, incl. 12 Jews.<ref name="Kratz52"/> | 1794 || 1,085
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| 1812 || 1,217
| 1812 || 1,217, incl. 44 ] and 49 Jews.<ref name="Kratz52"/>
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| 1816 || 1,395, incl. 40 Catholics and 126 Jews.<ref name="Kratz52"/> | 1816 || 1,395
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| 1831 || 2,062, incl. 106 Catholics and 199 Jews.<ref name="Kratz52"/> | 1831 || 2,062
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| 1852 || 3,509, incl. 318 Catholics and 274 Jews.<ref name="Kratz52"/> | 1852 || 3,509
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| 1861 || 4,247, incl. 312 Catholics and 343 Jews.<ref name="Kratz52"/> | 1861 || 4,247
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| 1875 || 5,820 | 1875 || 5,820
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| 1900 || 6,487
⚫ | 1900 || 6,487, mostly Protestants.<ref>''Meyers Konversations-Lexikon''. 6th edition, vol. 3, Leipzig and Vienna 1906, p. 661 (in German).</ref>
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| 1925 || 8,890
| 1925 || 8,890, incl. 1,106 Catholics and 157 Jews<ref>Gunthard Stübs und Pommersche Forschungsgemeinschaft: '''' (2011). (German)</ref>
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| 1960 || 8,600 | 1960 || 8,600
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| 2011 || 20,943 | 2011 || 20,943
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⚫ The above table is based on primary, possibly biased, sources.<ref name="Kratz52">Kratz (1865), </ref><ref>''Meyers Konversations-Lexikon''. 6th edition, vol. 3, Leipzig and Vienna 1906, p. 661 (in German).</ref>


== Notable residents == == Notable residents ==

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Place in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Bytów
Teutonic castle in BytówTeutonic castle in Bytów
Flag of BytówFlagCoat of arms of BytówCoat of arms
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyBytów County
GminaGmina Bytów
Established12th century
Town rights1346
Government
 • MayorRyszard Sylka
Area
 • Total8.72 km (3.37 sq mi)
Population
 • Total16,715
 • Density1,900/km (5,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code77-100
Area code+48 59
Car platesGBY
Websitehttp://www.bytow.com.pl

Bytów (Template:Lang-csb; Template:Lang-de is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland in the Bytów Lakeland with 16,888 inhabitants (2004). Previously in Słupsk Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Bytów County in Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999).

Castle of the Teutonic Order, built 1399–1405.
Side view of the castle of the Teutonic Order.
Bütow around 1900.

History

According to the city's official webpage the name Bytów comes from the founder of the settlement named "Byt". An old Pomeranian settlement was first mentioned by Latin name castrum nomine Bitom in 1113 in Gallus Anonymus' Chronicle, as conquered by Polish king Bolesław III Wrymouth.

The Teutonic Knights had started in 1335 with the construction of a rectory. The castle seen today was built by the Knights between 1399 and 1405. It has been the site of an administrator of the State of the Teutonic Knights.

This castle was captured by Poland after the Battle of Tannenberg (1410), and king Jagiello of Poland gave it to Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania, for all of his lifetime as payment for support obtained from him against the Teutonic Knights. In the Peace of Thorn (1411) Bogislaw had to return the castle to the Knights. The town did not join the Prussian Confederation's revolt against the Teutonic Knights.

The town alternated between Poland and the monastic state during the Polish-Teutonic Wars, and returned to Polish control after the Second Peace of Thorn (1466). Poland gave Bytów as lien to the Dukes of Pomerania. Since 1526 the Pomerania dukes held it as an inheritable lien.

In 1627 during the Thirty Years' War, the town was rebuilt after being destroyed by a fire. When the Pomeranian dukes died out in 1637 the town ceased to be a Polish fief and became directly ruled by Poland. To gain an ally against Sweden during the Deluge, in 1657 King John II Casimir of Poland gave the Lauenburg and Bütow Land to Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia as a hereditary fief in the Treaty of Bromberg. Although Poland still retained sovereignty, the town was administered by Brandenburg and, after 1701, by the Kingdom of Prussia. During the 18th century, the town suffered from fires and plague.

In 1773 in the First Partition of Poland the town was wholly incorporated in the Prussian Province of Pomerania. From 1846-1945, Bütow was the seat of the Landkreis Bütow district in Prussia. The town became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany. Polish minority remained active in the city, and in 1910 a Polish Bank Ludowy was founded here.

Although reconstituted Poland desired Bütow at the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles kept the town in the Weimar Republic in 1919. The decision led the local Kashubians to protests and hundreds of them took part in march known as "marsz na Bytów".

According to Polish sources the Bytów area remained the main centre of activity by Polish minority in the region and in 1923 Związek Polaków na obszar Kaszubski (Organization of Poles in the Kashubian Region) was founded in the city. In 1928 Jan Bauer, a Polish teacher organised Polish language lessons, and reinvigorated the Polish movement in the city, which resulted in repressions by German state, and his eventual conviction and exile from Germany in 1932. Finding himself at the outbreak of Second World War in Berlin he was arrested and murdered by the Nazis in 1940.

Bütow was captured by the Soviet Red Army on 8 March 1945. Some inhabitants had fled before the Soviet advance. In 1945, after the end of the war, the town was put under Polish administration according to the Potsdam Conference and renamed to the Polish Bytów. Those German inhabitants, which had remained in the town or had returned to it short after the war, were later on expelled and replaced with Poles, who first came mainly from regions east of the Curzon Line, which had been annexed by the Soviet Union.

Bytów became the seat of a powiat (1946–1975, 1999-) within Poland.

Demographics

Up to the end of World War II most inhabitants of the town were Protestants.

Number of inhabitants by year
Year Number
1782 990
1794 1,085
1812 1,217
1816 1,395
1831 2,062
1852 3,509
1861 4,247
1875 5,820
1900 6,487
1925 8,890
1960 8,600
1970 10,700
1975 12,500
1980 13,300
2011 20,943

The above table is based on primary, possibly biased, sources.

Notable residents

Sights

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — sister cities

Bytów is twinned with:

Municipality of Bytów

Sołectwos in the urban-rural commune (gmina) of Bytów (historical German names and Kashubian names in italics):

  • Dąbie (Dampen, Dãbie)
  • Gostkowo (Gustkow, Gòstkòwò)
  • Grzmiąca (Gramenz, Grzmiãcò)
  • Mądrzechowo (Mangwitz)
  • Mokrzyn (Petersdorf)
  • Niezabyszewo (Damsdorf, Niézabëszéwò)
  • Płotowo (Platenheim, Płotowa)
  • Pomysk Mały (Klein Pomeiske, Małë Pòmësk)
  • Pomysk Wielki (Gross Pomeiske, Wiôlgë Pòmësk)
  • Rekowo (Reckow, Rekowò)
  • Rzepnica
  • Sierżno (Zerrin, Sérzno)
  • Świątkowo (Luisenhof)
  • Udorpie (Hygendorf, Ùdorp)
  • Ząbinowice (Gersdorf)

See also

References

Literature
  • Gustav Kratz: Die Städte der Provinz Pommern - Abriss ihrer Geschichte, zumeist nach Urkunden (The towns of the Province of Pomerania - Sketch of their history, mostly according to historical records. Berlin 1865 (reprinted in 2010 by Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-161-12969-3), pp. 49–53 (Online) (in Germen)
  • Heinrich Gottfried Philipp Gengler: Regesten und Urkunden zur Verfassungs- und Rechtsgeschichte der deutschen Städte im Mittelalter. Volume I, Enke, Erlangen 1863, pp. 443-445 (Online) (in German).
  • Georg Sokollek: Pommern – Im Spiegel seiner über 2000jährigen Geschichte, insbesondere der Länder Lauenburg - Bütow. Eberbach 1997 (in German).
Footnotes
  1. Bytów Official Site
  2. Werner Buchholz: Deutsche Geschichte im Osten Europas – Pommern. Siedler, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88680-780-0, p, 187.
  3. Historia Polski, Volume 3, Part 2 Instytut Historii (Polska Akademia Nauk), page 143 Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1984
  4. Polacy spod znaku Rodła Helena Lehr, Edmund Jan Osmańczyk Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej,page 230, 1972
  5. Słownik biograficzny Pomorza Nadwiślańskiego Stanisław Gierszewski,page 291 Gdańskie Towarzystwo Naukowe, 1997
  6. Kwartalnik Opolski, Volumes 15-16, page 104 Opolskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, Instytut Śląski w Opolu 1969
  7. Postacie historyczne Official website of Bytów
  8. Sokollek (1997), pp. 286 ff.
  9. Kratz (1865), p. 52
  10. Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 6th edition, vol. 3, Leipzig and Vienna 1906, p. 661 (in German).
  11. Bytów Official Site

External links

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