Trzebiatów

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Town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

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::summary Town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland ::

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FieldValue
nameTrzebiatów
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imagesize250px
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
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subdivision_name1West Pomeranian
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Gryfice
subdivision_type3Gmina
subdivision_name3Trzebiatów
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMarzena Domaradzka
established_titleEstablished
established_date9th century
established_title2Town rights
established_date21277
area_total_km210.14
population_as_of2016
population_total10119
population_density_km2auto
timezoneCET
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timezone_DSTCEST
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coordinates
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code72-320
blank_nameCar plates
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websitehttp://www.trzebiatow.pl
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| name = Trzebiatów | image_skyline = Trzebiatow Town Hall 2009-04.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Town Hall | image_shield = POL Trzebiatów COA 1.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = West Pomeranian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Gryfice | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Trzebiatów | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Marzena Domaradzka | established_title = Established | established_date = 9th century | established_title2 = Town rights | established_date2 = 1277 | area_total_km2 = 10.14 | population_as_of = 2016 | population_total = 10119 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 72-320 | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = ZGY | website = http://www.trzebiatow.pl Trzebiatów (pronounced ; ; ) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, with 10,119 inhabitants (2016). Trzebiatów is located on the Rega River in the north-western part of Poland, roughly 9 kilometers south of the Baltic coast.

The Old Town of Trzebiatów is registered as a protected historical monument of Poland. It contains several Gothic churches, defensive walls and towers, a preserved market square, and a palace.

History

Middle Ages

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Defensive_walls_in_Trzebiatów_bk7.JPG" caption="Medieval [[defensive walls]] of Trzebiatów"] ::

The lower Rega area around Gryfice and Trzebiatów was the site of a West Slavic Lechitic gród (fortified settlement) in the 9th century. The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under Mieszko I around 967. It was part of the Duchy of Pomerania, which separated itself from Poland as a result of the fragmentation of Poland. The first recorded mention of the town comes from 1170 when the Pomeranian Duke Casimir I granted a few villages and oversight of a church in the town to settlers from Lund in Sweden.

In the early 13th century Trzebiatów became the seat of Duchess Anastasia of Greater Poland, who rebuilt the old castle into her residence. In 1224, Anastasia brought Premonstratensian nuns to the town.

In 1416, the town became part of the Hanseatic League, then served as an important trade post and developed architecturally, with a typical Brick Gothic-style influence. It had trading connections with major cities such as Gdańsk and Copenhagen.

Modern era

In 1504, Johannes Bugenhagen moved to the town and became Rector of the local school. On 13 December 1534 a diet was assembled in the town, where the Dukes Barnim XI and Philip I as well as the nobility officially introduced Lutheranism to Pomerania, against the vote of Erasmus von Manteuffel-Arnhausen, Prince-Bishop of Cammin. In the following month Bugenhagen drafted the new church order (Kirchenordnung), founding the Pomeranian Lutheran church (today's Pomeranian Evangelical Church).

As a dowager, Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1579–1658), widow of Philip II, Duke of Pomerania, lived in Treptow. Sophia's dower was a former nunnery, which she converted into a palace. While in Swedish service and thereafter Duke Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg spent a lot of time with Duchess dowager Sophia in Treptow. Sophia's and Francis Henry's fathers were cousins. On 13 December 1637 Francis Henry and Marie Juliane of Nassau-Siegen (1612–1665) married in Treptow. Their first child was born in Treptow in 1640. Francis Henry also served Sophia as administrator of the estates pertaining to her dower.

During the Thirty Years' War, in 1630, the town was besieged by forces of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1637 Bogusław XIII died leaving the Pomeranian ducal house extinct. At this point the duchy came under Swedish occupation with the Brandenburgian electors claiming succession in Pomerania. After the Thirty Years War the town became part of Brandenburg-Prussia in the Peace of Westphalia of 1648. It was part of the province of Pomerania. During the Seven Years' War, the town was occupied by Russia.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Trzebiatów_2012-07-03_Palace.jpg" caption="Palace in Trzebiatów, former home of the Polish writer [[Maria Wirtemberska"] ::

In 1750 the local palace was refurbished in classicist style for General Frederick Eugene of Württemberg, who resided there – with interruptions – until 1763. In the late 18th century the Polish noblewoman and writer Maria Wirtemberska née Czartoryska resided at the palace, and her early works and translations were created here. The painter Jan Rustem visited her several times, and his paintings were part of the palace's art collection. The palace now houses a State public library, founded in 1946 and named after Maria Wirtemberska née Czartoryska since 1999.

In 1806 the town was captured and then occupied by France. From 1871 to 1945 it former part of the German Reich.

20th century

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Trzebiatow,rynek_1945(66046188).jpg" caption="Market Square in 1945"] ::

During World War II, in February 1945, the German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town. Near the end of the war, in February 1945, despite the approaching front, the authorities did not permit the evacuation of the town's population. It was not until March 4 that the order to evacuate was issued, the day after remnants of the army had retreated from the town, leaving the civilian population to fend for itself. Allied Polish and Russian forces then entered the town, and afterwards it became part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until the Fall of Communism in the 1980s. The town's German population was expelled, and the town was resettled with Poles, in accordance with Potsdam Agreement.

Since 1 January 1999, the town has been within West Pomerania Voivodeship, upon its formation from the former Szczecin and Koszalin Voivodeships.

Culture

| image1 = Trzebiatow St. Mary's Maternity Church 2010-06.jpg | image2 = Trzebiatow Baszta Kaszana 2011-05.jpg | image3 = Trzebiatow Holy Spirit Chapel 2010-05.jpg | image4 = Trzebiatow kaplica sw Gertrudy (3).jpg | footer = Medieval architecture of Trzebiatów, from the left: Saint Mary's Maternity Church, Kaszana Tower, Holy Spirit Chapel, Saint Gertrude's Chapel ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Trzebiatow_stacja_kolejowa_(1).jpg" caption="Trzebiatów train station"] ::

Trzebiatów's Day of the Buckwheat is a celebration during the first week of August. It is held in memory of the day when the town guard mistakenly dropped a hot bowl of buckwheat meal on invaders from the nearby town of Gryfice, alarming the whole town and ultimately saving it. Inhabitants of Trzebiatów celebrate that event with dances, concerts, competitions and by eating cereal with ham and bacon.

Notable people

Nobility

Twin towns - sister cities

Trzebiatów is twinned with:

References

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