Susz

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FieldValue
nameSusz
image_shieldPOL Susz COA.svg
image_skylineSusz. Rynek (5).jpg
image_captionCentre of the town
pushpin_mapPoland
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Voivodeship
subdivision_name1Warmian-Masurian
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Iława
subdivision_type3Gmina
subdivision_name3Susz
area_total_km26.67
population_as_of2024
population_total5245
population_density_km2auto
coordinates
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code14-240
registration_plateNIL
blank_name_sec2Voivodeship roads
blank_info_sec2[[File:DW515-PL.svg
websitehttp://www.susz.pl
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| name = Susz | image_flag = | image_shield = POL Susz COA.svg | image_skyline = Susz. Rynek (5).jpg | image_caption = Centre of the town | pushpin_map = Poland | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Warmian-Masurian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Iława | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Susz | area_total_km2 = 6.67 | population_as_of = 2024 | population_total = 5245 | population_density_km2 = auto | coordinates = | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 14-240 | registration_plate = NIL | blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads | blank_info_sec2 = [[File:DW515-PL.svg|32px]] [[File:DW521-PL.svg|32px]] | website = http://www.susz.pl Susz () is a town in Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 5,245 inhabitants (2024).

Geographical location

Susz is situated on the northern and western shores of Suskie Lake in the Powiśle region about 26 km east of Kwidzyn, 48 km south of Elbląg and 130 km south-west of Kaliningrad at an altitude of 114 m above sea level.

History

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The town was developed at the site of a former Baltic Prussian settlement named Susse, from which comes the town's Polish name Susz. Throughout its history the town carried a rose in its coat of arms (in German Rosenberg means "rose hill"). In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the town and the surrounding region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the Prussian Confederation, and, after the subsequent Thirteen Years' War, from 1466 it was part of Poland as a fiefdom held by the Teutonic Order, which in 1525 was secularized as the Duchy of Prussia. From the 18th century the town, known in German as Rosenberg, was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and between 1871 and 1945, it was part of the German Reich.

During the Napoleonic Wars, in 1807, the town was occupied by France. In the 19th century, the town's Polish inhabitants were subjected to Germanisation policies. In October 1831, various Polish infantry units of the November Uprising stopped in the town on the way to their internment places. Around 1900, the town had a Protestant church, a Catholic church and a synagogue. The town was the capital of the Rosenberg district in the Prussian Province of West Prussia. According to the census of 1910, Rosenberg had a population of 3,181, of which 3,129 (98.4%) were Germans and 34 (1.1%) were Poles.

After World War I and the re-establishment of independent Poland, during the ongoing Polish-Soviet War, a plebiscite was held in parts of East Prussia and West Prussia on 11 July 1920 to determine whether the region was to remain in Germany or join the Second Polish Republic. In the Rosenberg district, 33,498 (96.9%) voted to remain in Germany and 1,073 (3.1%) voted for Poland. In the town itself, 2,430 votes were cast in favour of Germany and only 8 votes were cast in favour of Poland. Based on that result, the district, along with the town, was included in the Regierungsbezirk West Prussia within the Prussian Province of East Prussia in Germany.

During World War II, from 26 October 1939 until 1945, Rosenberg was part of Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder in Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia. The Germans operated a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp in the town. During the final stages of the war, the town was captured by the Red Army. After the end of war, the town became again part of Poland under its historic Polish name Susz. After the town had been put under Polish administration, almost all German inhabitants who had remained in the town or had returned were expelled to Germany in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement.{{multiple image |align=right |caption_align=center |perrow=2 |total_width=340 |header=Historic churches of Susz | image1 = Susz. Kościół św. Antoniego Padewskiego (16).jpg | image2 = Saint Rosalia church in Susz (2).jpg | caption1 = Saint Anthony church | caption2 = Saint Rosalia church

Number of inhabitants by year

::data[format=table] | Year | last=GUS |title=Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2024 roku |url=https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/ludnosc/ludnosc/powierzchnia-i-ludnosc-w-przekroju-terytorialnym-w-2024-roku,7,21.html |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=stat.gov.pl |language=pl}} | |---|---| | 1788 | 781 | | 1829 | 1,570 | | 1831 | 1,295 | | 1875 | 3,081 | | 1880 | 3,044 | | 1885 | 3,055 | | 1890 | 2,909 | | 1905 | 3,259 | | 1925 | 3,280 | | 1933 | 3,822 | | 1939 | 4,481 | | 1943 | 4,440 | | 2006 | 5,610 | | 2024 | 5,245 | ::

Transport

Susz is located at the intersection of voivodeship roads 515 and 521, and there is also a train station there.

Notable residents

References

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References

  1. Górski, Karol. (1949). "Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych". Instytut Zachodni.
  2. Górski, p. 96–97, 214–215
  3. Kasparek, Norbert. (2014). "Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu". Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie.
  4. Landesamt, Prussia (Kingdom) Statistisches. (1912). "Gemeindelexikon für die regierungsbezirke Allenstein, Danzig, Marienwerder, Posen, Bromberg und Oppeln: Auf grund der ergebnisse der volkszählung vom. 1. Dezember 1910 und anderer amtlicher quellen bearbeitet vom Königlich Preussischen Statistischen Landesamte". verlag des Königlichen Statistischen Landesamts.
  5. "Rosenberg 10) Westpr.".
  6. "Willkommen bei Gemeindeverzeichnis.de".
  7. "Rosenberg i. Westpreußen (Susz)".
  8. [[Johann Friedrich Goldbeck]]: ''Vollständige Topographie des Königreichs Preußen''. Teil II, Marienwerder 1789, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SQw_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA10, p. 10, no. 7.]
  9. ''Der Große Brockhaus'', 15th edition, Vol. 16, Leipzig 1933, pp. 101–102.
  10. Michael Rademacher: ''[http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/rosenberg_op.html Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Westpreußen, Kreis Rosenberg]'' (2006).
  11. August Eduard Preuß: ''Preußische Landes- und Volkskunde''. Königsberg 1835, [https://books.google.com/books?id=L_sAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA440 p. 440, no. 56.]
  12. GUS. "Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2024 roku".

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