Dzierzgoń

Coordinates: 53°55′24″N 19°21′5″E / 53.92333°N 19.35139°E / 53.92333; 19.35139
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Dzierzgoń
View of Dzierzgoń
View of Dzierzgoń
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
82-440
Area code+48 55
Car platesGSZ
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.dzierzgon.pl/

Dzierzgoń [ˈd͡ʑɛʐɡɔɲ] (formerly also: Kiszpork; German: Christburg) is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in northern Poland. It is located in Sztum County east of Malbork and south of Elbląg on the river Dzierzgoń. Dzierzgoń has a population of 5,242,[1] while the town and its environs have a combined population of about 10,000.

History

Gothic Holy Trinity and Saint Catherine church

The town was originally a settlement of Old Prussian tribe of Pomesanians.[2] Settlement dates back to the Early Middle Ages.[3][4] The oldest name is Sirgune, from which the historic Polish name Dzierzgoń comes from.[5]

In 1247, a castle known as Neu Christburg (German for "New

town rights.[7][5]

Following the victorious Battle of Grunwald, in 1410, Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło stayed in the castle, after it was abandoned by the Teutonic Knights.[3] In the castle, the king received delegations from the city of Elbląg, which then pledged allegiance to him and recognized his authority.[4] In 1411, the Poles left the castle, and the Teutonic Knights retook it.[3] The castle was captured by Poles again in 1414.[4][8]

Kiszpork (Dzierzgoń) in 1684, by Christoph Hartknoch

In 1454, upon the request of the anti-Teutonic

starost and the Malbork voivode.[7] Sejmiks (local parliaments) of the local nobility were held in the castle.[7] A battle between Poland and Sweden was fought in Kiszpork in 1627, during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629).[6] In 1647 a privilege was granted, allowing the trade in wine.[5]

In 1772 it was annexed by the

Province of West Prussia
.

In 1920, after

Province of East Prussia, and from 26 October 1939 until 1945 to Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder in the new province of Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia
.

Primary school
Town hall

During

Eastern Rite Catholic Church
.

Demographics

Number of inhabitants by year

Year Number
1789 1,505
1793 1,695
1831 2,183
1875 3,303
1880 3,284
1890 3,113
1895 3,218
1900 3,116
1925 2,920
1933 3,366
1939 3,603
2006 5,630

Note that the above table is based on primary, possibly biased sources:[12][16][17][18][19][20]

Sports

The local football team is Powiśle Dzierzgoń [pl]. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable residents

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Dzierzgoń is

twinned
with:

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-08-02. Data for territorial unit 2216014.
  2. ^ a b c Historia Miasta City Official Website
  3. ^ a b c d "Strona Miasta I Gminy Dzierzgoń". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  4. ^ a b c d "Historia okolic Elbląga: Stary Dzierzgoń i Dzierzgoń". portEl.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. 1881. p. 280.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Program Ochrony Środowiska dla powiatu sztumskiego na lata 2004 - 2011 (in Polish). Sztum. 2004. p. 13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e Program Ochrony Środowiska dla powiatu sztumskiego na lata 2004 - 2011, p. 14
  8. ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II. p. 281.
  9. ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. p. 54.
  10. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom II. p. 282.
  11. ^ Kasparek, Norbert (2014). "Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację". In Katafiasz, Tomasz (ed.). Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu (in Polish). Koszalin: Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie. pp. 138, 140, 145.
  12. ^ a b Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon. Vol. 4 (6th ed.). Leipzig and Vienna. 1908. p. 102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ dzierzgon.pl (in Polish)
  14. ^ Daniluk, Jan (2012). "Wykorzystanie siły roboczej jeńców wojennych w XX Okręgu Wojskowym w latach II wojny światowej (zarys problemu)". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 35. Opole: 28.
  15. ^ a b Program Ochrony Środowiska dla powiatu sztumskiego na lata 2004 - 2011, p. 15
  16. ^ Johann Friedrich Goldbeck: Volständige Topographie des Königreichs Preussen. Part II: Topographie von West-Preussen, Marienwerder 1789, pp. 19–20.
  17. ^ Der Große Brockhaus. Vol. 4 (15th ed.). Leipzig. 1929. pp. 96–97.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  18. ^ Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon. Vol. 4 (14th ed.). Berlin and Vienna. 1998. p. 272.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ^ Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Westpreußen, Kreis Stuhm (2006).
  20. ^ August Eduard Preuß: Preußische Landes- und Volkskunde. Königsberg 1835, p. 445, no. 60.

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