Czaplinek

Coordinates: 53°33′N 16°14′E / 53.550°N 16.233°E / 53.550; 16.233
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Czaplinek
Market square and Holy Cross church
Market square and Holy Cross church
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
78-550
Area code+48 94
Car platesZDR
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.czaplinek.pl

Czaplinek [t͡ʂaˈplʲinɛk] (German: Tempelburg; Kashubian: Czôplënkò) is a town in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,012 inhabitants as of December 2021.[1] It is situated between Drawsko and Czaplino lakes.

The former name of Tempelburg refers to the

Templar Knights, which settled nearby at the orders of King Przemysł II. Until 1668, the town was part of Poland. Afterwards it was part of Brandenburg, Prussia and Germany, until the end of World War II. It is one of the northernmost towns of the historical region of Greater Poland
.

Czaplinek is a local tourist destination, which has the second deepest lake in Poland and a large marina.[2] The main market square features events, exhibitions and annual festivals.

History

A reconstructed Slavic palisade settlement called gord

The oldest trace of a settlement dates back over 2,500 years; a

isthmuses on the numerous lakes in the region helped to protect the towns from invasions and plunder.[4]

In the autumn of 1286, the Duke of

Treaty of Bydgoszcz, it came under the control of Brandenburg-Prussia,[8] and was definitively lost by Poland in 1668, although Poles made diplomatic efforts to regain the town until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, but to no avail.[5]
In the 17th century the town experienced rapid development in infrastructure, which increased its population. In 1725 and 1765, Czaplinek was also the site of heavy fires.
telegraph
.

During

First Polish Army defeated the forces of Nazi Germany
and captured the town.

Following Germany's defeat in 1945, Czaplinek, as part of historic Greater Poland, was finally reintegrated with Poland. The town's German population was expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement. The remaining pre-war Polish inhabitants of the town, were joined by various other groups of Poles, the first of which were the just freed forced laborers and prisoners of war.[9] The first post-war transport of several hundreds Poles came to Czaplinek on May 17, 1945 from Skierniewice, while the next transports came from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union, particularly from the Nowogródek and Wilno Voivodeships and the eastern part of the Białystok Voivodeship.[9] In the meantime, German Nazi militias, with the help of some local Germans, carried out terrorist attacks and sabotage acts against Poles.[9] The first 1945 Polish mayor of Czaplinek was Bolesław Kondulski, a freed forced laborer.[10]

After the war, the town's life was organized anew. Already in 1945, restaurants, cafes, shops, bakeries, butcheries, a brewery, a pharmacy, a carbonated water plant and a dairy cooperative were founded.[11] The first post-war primary school was opened in 1945, the first preschool was opened in 1947, the vocational school in 1949.[12]

In 2005, a monument of Pope John Paul II was unveiled in Czaplinek on the 50th anniversary of his visit to the town as a young priest.[13]

Tourism

Drawsko Lake marina. It is the second deepest lake in Poland and a local tourist attraction

Czaplinek is a tourist town and a popular destination for holidaymakers in West Pomerania. There is a large marina located on the Drawsko Lake, which attracts tourists from all over the region and other provinces.[3] A gathering of Harley-Davidson motorcycles also occurs annually as well as an exhibition of pigeons and doves.

Other points of interest include the reconstructed

Gothic Holy Trinity church, which is the oldest preserved brick building of Czaplinek. There is also a local museum (Izba Muzealna).[14]

Education

There are several schools in the town, including a

high school,[16] and a kindergarten
.

Gallery

  • Graves of Polish soldiers fallen in the Battle of Czaplinek
    Graves of Polish soldiers fallen in the Battle of Czaplinek
  • Historic townhouses in the town center
    Historic townhouses in the town center
  • Post office
    Post office
  • Interior of the Holy Trinity Church
    Interior of the Holy Trinity Church

Notable people

  • August T. Dorn (1849–1923) an American farmer and politician, emigrated with his parents to the USA in 1860 and settled in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Longin Komołowski [pl] (1948–2016), Polish activist and politician

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-07-27. Data for territorial unit 3203014.
  2. ^ Administrator (7 November 2010). "Jezioro Drawsko". czystejeziora.pl. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Aquatic tourism". www.edenpoland.pl. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Local history - Information about the town - Czaplinek - Virtual Shtetl". www.sztetl.org.pl. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e Magdalena Cogiel. "Historia Czaplinka - początki". Urząd Miejski w Czaplinku (in Polish). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1a.
  7. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. pp. 291–292.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Dyduła, Robert. "Touristic attractions". www.palacsiemczyno.pl. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-83-929671-0-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  10. ^ Bronk, p. 46
  11. ^ Bronk, p. 50, 52
  12. ISBN 978-83-929671-0-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  13. ^ "Pomnik Papieża". Urząd Miejski w Czaplinku (in Polish). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Izba Muzealna". Urząd Miejski w Czaplinku (in Polish). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Wrota Czaplinka - Education". wrota2.czaplinek.pl. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  16. ^ "SZKOŁA". www.gimnazjum.czaplinek.pl. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

External links

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