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Revision as of 18:07, 12 January 2009 by 70.133.78.156 (talk) (Thank you 77.253.66.107- for restoring references- i'm readding 1 more ref about the lake)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) See also: Prabuty, Masovian Voivodeship Place in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland| Prabuty | |
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 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 talk-over became known as Lake Liwieniec. In 1276 Pomesanian bishop Albrecht of Pomesania founded a castle on the site of the destroyed settelment.However the nearby town of Riesenburg was founded on 30th October 1330 with Culm law (Template:Lang-pl) . Its coat of arms, first recorded in 1405, depicts a giant (Riese in German, olbrzym in Polish) and a castle (Burg, zamek). 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 Prabuty 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 became part of Poland's province of Royal Prussia, it became the capital of Pomesania during the 16th century. In 1509 Eobanus Helius Hessus became secretary to Bishop Hiob von Dobeneck of Prabuty. 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. As a result of the European war catastrophy caused by Hitler's Germany, according to the post-war Potsdam Conference, the town was transferred from Germany to Poland and renamed to the Polish Prabuty. For the same reasons most of the former East-Prussian inhabitants were expelled, as in the whole former German territories, and replaced by Poles expelled from the former Polish Kresy Wschodnie and by settlers from the central Poland.
References
- Liewieniec (Lake) only used after 1945 Communist take-over
- Allgemeine preussische Staats-geschichte, Karl Friedr. Pauli, 1762
- History of Prabuty