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Bartoszyce
From top, left to right: Town panorama with the Saint John the Evangelist church Łyna River in Bartoszyce Lidzbarska Gate Saint Bruno church Constitution of May 3 Square
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Coordinates: 54°15′N 20°48′E / 54.250°N 20.800°E / 54.250; 20.800
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Warmian-Masurian
County	Bartoszyce County
Gmina	Bartoszyce (urban gmina)
Established	1240
Town rights	1326
Government
• Mayor	Krzysztof Franciszek Nałęcz
Area
• Total	11 km (4 sq mi)
Population
• Total	23,482
• Density	2,100/km (5,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	11-200
Area code	+48 89
Car plates	NBA
Website	http://www.bartoszyce.pl

Bartoszyce (Template:Lang-de, [ˈbaʁtn̩ʃtaɪn] ; Template:Lang-lt) is a town on the Łyna River in northeastern Poland with 25,621 inhabitants (as of 2005). It is the capital of Bartoszyce County within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

Geographical location

Bartoszyce is on the left shore of river Łyna River in a valley, approximately 90 kilometres (56 miles) east of Elbląg and 55 kilometres (34 miles) south of Kaliningrad, at an altitude of 3 metres (9.8 feet) above sea level.

History

Middle Ages

Around 1241 the Teutonic Knights constructed a castle on the left shore of the Łyna River on the border between the Prussian regions of Natangia and Bartia. The castle was part of the Komturei Balga. It was first composed of block houses, palisades, and earthworks and later built from bricks. Besieged by Old Prussians for four years during a Prussian uprising beginning in 1260, the castle was destroyed in 1264. The Order rebuilt the castle shortly afterwards, but this was besieged by Sudovians in 1273. After uprisings ended, the knights built the Ordensburg out of stone from 1274–80. During the 14th and 15th centuries, the castle was administered by the Komtur of Balga.

A settlement developed near the caste on the right shore of the Alle River opposite the castle. First documented in 1326 under the name Rosenthal, it received town privileges from Grand Master Luther von Braunschweig in 1332. After that the name was changed to Bartenstein and the settlement of Rosenthal below the castle on the left shore of the river was relocated, as the left side had become too dangerous from warfare. The town's Polish population used the Polish names Bartoszyce and Barsztyn. Poles settled in large numbers in Bartoszyce from the 14th to the 17th century. Komtur Henning Schindekopf of Balga began construction of a wall the town in 1353.

The town sided with the Kingdom of Poland and the Prussian Confederation during the Thirteen Years' War (1454–66). The Teutonic castle was destroyed by the town's citizens at the beginning of the war and was not rebuilt afterward. The townsfolk became reconciled with the Teutonic Knights in 1460. After the peace treaty signed in Toruń in 1466 the town came under Polish suzerainty as a fief, remaining part of the State of the Teutonic Order. To stabilize the Order's financial situation, the Order sold the ruined castle's farmyard and meadows to Wend von Eulenburg in 1469; the entire manor of Bartenstein was sold in 1513 to Heinrich Reuß von Plauen (not the Grand Master).

Modern era

With the secularization of the Teutonic Order's Prussian territories in 1525, the town became part of the Duchy of Prussia, established with the consent of the Polish king Sigismund I the Old, as a vassal state of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The town converted to Protestantism in the same year during the Protestant Reformation; it then did not have a Catholic church until the 19th century.

Bartenstein became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701 and the Prussian Province of East Prussia in 1773. During the Napoleonic Wars, Prussia and the Russian Empire signed a treaty of alliance in the town on 26 April 1807, the Treaty of Bartenstein. Administrative reform following the wars placed the town within East Prussia's Landkreis Friedland in 1818.

The Ełk–Bartoscyze train line ran through the town in 1868, leading to the establishment of industries, including an iron foundry, a machine factory, and a wagon factory. It was also noted for its oak trade. A garrison town for the Prussian Army, Bartenstein was the seat of the district court. Because it had grown to become the largest town in Landkreis Friedland during the 19th century, the town was made the district capital in 1902. Landkreis Friedland was renamed Landkreis Bartenstein in 1927. The foundation of the old castle was used in the construction of the administrative seat; this building was destroyed in 1945.

In January 1945 during World War II, the town was 50% destroyed during fighting with the Soviet Red Army. After the Potsdam Conference, the town and the area became part of Poland. Remaining German residents who had survived were either evacuated or later expelled, and the town was repopulated with Poles.

The town, renamed Bartoszyce, was in Olsztyn Voivodeship from 1975–1998. It became part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999.

Number of inhabitants by year

Note that the above table is based on primary, potentially biased, sources.

Notable residents

• Matthäus Waissel (1540–1602), German theologian, lutist, author
• Max Baginski (1864–1943), German–American anarchist
• Hans Koch (1893–1945), German anti–Nazi resistance fighter
• Erwin Geschonneck (1906–2008), German actor
• Günther Schack (1917–2003), German fighter pilot
• Hans-Joachim Reske (1940), German athlete
• Zbigniew Lubiejewski (1949), Polish volleyball player
• Marek Daćko (1991), Polish handball player
• Mateusz Czunkiewicz (1996), Polish volleyball player

Twin towns — sister cities

Bartoszyce is twinned with:

• Bagrationovsk, Russia
• Berezne, Ukraine
• Emmaboda, Sweden
• Mława, Poland
• Nienburg, Germany
• Pionersky, Russia
• Varėna, Lithuania

Popular culture

The town is the location of a scene in Leo Tolstoys War and Peace.

References

1. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
2. ^ Ostpreußen.net. Geschichte der Stadt Bartoszyce - Bartenstein. Accessed 1 April 2007. (in German)
3. ^ "Bartoszyce, eMazury" (in Polish). Retrieved June 7, 2019.
4. Der Große Brockhaus, 15th edition, Vol. 2, Leipzig 1929, p. 333.
5. Johann Friedrich Goldbeck: Vollständige Topographie des Königreichs Preußen. Part I: Topographie von Ost-Preussen, Marienwerder 1785, p. 18, no. 1.
6. Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Ostpreußen, Kreis Friedland/Bartenstein (2006).
7. "Miasta Partnerskie". bartoszyce.pl (in Polish). Bartoszyce. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
8. Tolstoy, Leo (1949). War and Peace. Garden City: International Collectors Library.

External links

• Municipal website (in Polish)
• History of Bartoszyce (in Polish)
• Geschichte der Stadt Bartoszyce - Bartenstein (in German)
• Photos of Bartoszyce(in Polish)
• Bartoszyce at the B&F Compendium of Jewish Genealogy

54°15′N 20°49′E / 54.250°N 20.817°E / 54.250; 20.817

v t e Gminas of Bartoszyce County
Urban gminas	Bartoszyce (seat) Górowo Iławeckie
Urban-rural gminas	Gmina Bisztynek Gmina Sępopol
Rural gminas	Gmina Bartoszyce Gmina Górowo Iławeckie

v t e Gmina Bartoszyce
Seat (not part of the gmina)	Bartoszyce
Villages	Ardapy Bajdyty Barciszewo Bąsze Bezledy Biała Podlaska Bieliny Borki Borki Sędrowskie Brzostkowo Bukowo Burkarty Ceglarki Ciemna Wola Czerwona Górka Dąbrowa Dębiany Drawa Falczewo Frączki Galinki Galiny Ganitajny Gile Glitajny Głomno Gromki Gruda Gruszynki Jarkowo Karolewka Karolewko Kicina Kiersity Kiertyny Małe Kiertyny Wielkie Kinkajmy Kisity Klekotki Kosy Krawczyki Króle Kromarki Łabędnik Łabędnik Mały Łapkiejmy Leginy Lejdy Lipina Lisówka Łojdy Łoskajmy Lusiny Markiny Maszewy Matyjaszki Merguny Minty Molwity Nalikajmy Nowe Witki Nuny Okopa Osieka Parkoszewo Pasarnia Perkujki Perkuliki Piergozy Piersele Pilwa Plęsy Połęcze Posłusze Rodnowo Sędławki Skitno Sokolica Solno Sortławki Sporwiny Spurgle Spytajny Styligi Szczeciny Szwarunki Szwaruny Szylina Mała Szylina Wielka Tapilkajmy Tolko Tromity Trutnowo Wajsnory Wardomy Wargielity Wawrzyny Węgoryty Wiatrak Wipławki Wirwilty Witki Wojciechy Wojtkowo Wola Wólka Wyręba Wysieka Żardyny Zawiersze Żydowo

• Cities and towns in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
• Bartoszyce County