Krajenka

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FieldValue
nameKrajenka
image_shieldPOL Krajenka COA.svg
image_skylinePL Krajenka Pałac Sułkowskich 02.JPG
image_captionSułkowski Palace in Krajenka
pushpin_mapPoland
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Voivodeship
subdivision_name1Greater Poland
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Złotów
subdivision_type3Gmina
subdivision_name3Krajenka
established_titleFirst mentioned
established_date1286
established_title2Town rights
established_date21420
area_total_km23.77
population_as_of2006
population_total3651
population_density_km2auto
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
coordinates
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code77-430
websitehttp://www.krajenka.pl
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| name = Krajenka | image_flag = | image_shield = POL Krajenka COA.svg | image_skyline = PL Krajenka Pałac Sułkowskich 02.JPG | image_caption = Sułkowski Palace in Krajenka | pushpin_map = Poland | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Złotów | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Krajenka | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1286 | established_title2 = Town rights | established_date2 = 1420 | area_total_km2 = 3.77 | population_as_of = 2006 | population_total = 3651 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 77-430 | website = http://www.krajenka.pl Krajenka () is a town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland. It has 3,804 inhabitants (2005) and lies in Złotów County.

Geographical location

Krajenka is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Złotów, 50 kilometers south-east of Szczecinek and 160 kilometers east of the regional center, Szczecin. It is located on the river, a tributary of the Gwda river. It is part of the ethnographic region of Krajna, located in the northern part of the historic Greater Poland region. |Centre = Krajenka |W = Krajenka-Wybudowanie |NW = Barankowo |NE = Wąsoszki |SE = Czajcze |SW = Żeleźnica

History

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The first mention of the town is from 1286, back then it belonged to noble family of Danaborski whose Coat of Arms was Toporczyk. The name of the town itself comes from the Polish word Krajna, which meant in the past a location on the borders of Polish state. Throughout centuries it was connected to Polish royalty and such families as Danaborski, Dahlke, Kościelecki, Grudziński, Działyński, Sułkowski, Komierowski.

Magdeburg town rights were granted in 1420 by the Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło.

Following the First Partition of Poland, in 1772 it was annexed by Prussia. In 1787 the town suffered a fire. After the last Polish owner of the town was killed by the Prussians in 1807, the town was confiscated by Prussian officials and passed from Polish to German hands.

Despite the policy of Germanisation, local Poles in the early 20th century founded the People's Bank and a Polish Catholic Society. After Poland regained independence in 1918, the Polish inhabitants made efforts to reintegrate the town with Poland, but despite their requests and protests, the Treaty of Versailles granted the town to Germany. Then it was made part of the province of Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen. On 21 June 1924, the town made history within German law as the Reichsgericht confirmed private ownership by Prinz Friedrich Leopold, including, where he died in 1931. In 1931, local Poles founded a Polish school. Its teacher, Franciszek Gliszewski, was arrested and murdered by the Germans in the Flossenbürg concentration camp after the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

On 30 January 1945 the Soviet Red Army occupied the abandoned and severely destroyed town during the final stages of World War II. Many of the inhabitants had fled during the winter of 1944/1945. After the war the town was finally reintegrated with Poland under the Potsdam Agreement.

Number of inhabitants by year

Note that the table is based on primary, possibly inaccurate or biased sources. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/PL_Krajenka,_Kościół_p.w._św._Józefa,_04.JPG" caption="Saint Joseph church"] ::

Notable people

  • (1914-1939), Polish Catholic priest, murdered by the Germans during World War II
  • Siggi Wilzig (1926-2003), Auschwitz Holocaust survivor, CEO of Wilshire Oil Company

References

References

  1. "Krajenka".
  2. "Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Pommern, Kreis Flatow".
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria. (2009). "Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion". [[Institute of National Remembrance.
  4. [[Johann Friedrich Goldbeck]]: ''Volständige Topographie des Königreichs Preußen''. Part II: ''Topographie von West-Preußen''. Marienwerder 1789, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SQw_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA102 p. 102, paragraph 8].
  5. Michael Rademacher: ''[http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/flatow.html Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Pommern, Kreis Flatow]'' (2006).
  6. August Eduard Preuß: ''Preußische Landes- und Volkskunde''. Königsberg 1835, [https://books.google.com/books?id=L_sAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA378 p. 378.]
  7. F. W. F. Schmitt: ''Topographie des Flatower Kreises''. In: ''Preußische Provinzialblätter'', Andere Folge, Band VII, Königsberg 1855, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HbMtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115 pp. 115-116.]
  8. "Zarządzenie Zastępcze Nr KN-I.4102.54.2017.17 Wojewody Wielkopolskiego z dnia 12 grudnia 2017 r. w sprawie nadania ulicy 30 Stycznia położonej w miejscowości Krajenka nazwy ks. Antoniego Januszewskiego (in Polish)".
  9. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501EFDC113EF93AA35752C0A9659C8B63 Paid Notice: Deaths WILZIG, SIGGI B.], The New York Times

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