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Revision as of 03:15, 12 January 2009 by 70.133.78.156 (talk) (Liwieniec Lake name- invented after 1945 Communist take-over. Removed names irrelevant to either Riesenburg or Prabuty name.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) See also: Prabuty, Masovian Voivodeship Place in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland| Prabuty | |
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 Cathedral in Prabuty | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Kwidzyn |
| Gmina | Prabuty |
| Town rights | 1330 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bogdan Józef Pawłowski |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.92 km (2.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,488 |
| • Density | 1,400/km (3,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 82-550 |
| Area code | +48 55 |
| Car plates | GKW |
| Website | http://www.prabuty.pl |
Prabuty (Template:Lang-de) is a town in Kwidzyn County within the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland. In the period between 1975 - 1998 Prabuty were part of the Elbląg Voivodeship.
Prabuty is an important rail junction on the Warszawa - Gdynia railway.
History
Early history
The Teutonic Knights destroyed an Old Prussian settlement in 1236 at a Lake, which after 1945 Polish take-over became known as Liwieniec Lake. The nearby town of Riesenburg was founded in 1330 with Culm law (Template:Lang-pl). Its coat of arms, first recorded in 1405, depicts a giant (Riese in German) and a castle (Burg). During the 15th century the town was burnt down by the army of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland.
In the Kingdom of Poland
In 1450 Riesenburg joined the Prussian Confederation that was fighting against the Teutonic Order. After the Thirteen Years' War, according to the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), the town came under the protection of the Polish-Lithuanian king as Royal Prussia. It became the capital of the Prussian district of Pomesania during the 16th century. In 1509 Eobanus Helius Hessus became secretary to Bishop Hiob von Dobeneck of Riesenburg. A synod was held there in 1556. The town suffered during the 17th century Polish-Swedish wars
Annexion by Prussia
During the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. Administered under its German name Riesenburg, the town became part of the new Prussian province of West Prussia in 1773. It then became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany.
Transfer to Poland after World War II
Riesenburg was captured by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 during World War II and according to the post-war Potsdam Conference, the town was transferred from Germany to Poland and renamed to the Polish Prabuty. Most of th East-Prussian inhabitants were expelled and replaced by Poles, many expelled from the former Polish Kresy Wschodnie and by settlers from central Poland.