Trzebiatów

Coordinates: 54°3′26″N 15°16′43″E / 54.05722°N 15.27861°E / 54.05722; 15.27861
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See also: Trzebiatów, Stargard County
Trzebiatów
Town Hall
Town Hall
Car plates
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Websitehttp://www.trzebiatow.pl

Trzebiatów (pronounced Tshe-bia-toof [tʂɛˈbjatuf]; Kashubian: Trzébiatowò; German: Treptow an der Rega) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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 preserved Old Town is registered as a protected historical monument of Poland.[1]

History

Middle Ages

defensive walls
of Trzebiatów

The lower

Lübeck Law. In 1416, the town became part of the Hanseatic League,[1] 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.[1]

Modern era

In 1504,

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).[5][6][7]

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.[8] Their first child was born in Treptow in 1640.[9] Francis Henry also served Sophia as administrator of the estates pertaining to her dower.[9]

During 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.[10]

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,[3] 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.[citation needed] 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.[10] From 1871 to 1945 it former part of the German Reich.

Preserved townhouses in the Old Town

20th century

During

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.[12]

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

Culture

Medieval architecture of Trzebiatów, from the left: Saint Mary's Maternity Church, Kaszana Tower, Holy Spirit Chapel, Saint Gertrude's Chapel
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

  1. ^ a b c "Trzebiatów". ujscieregi.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ Labuda, Gerard (1993). "Chrystianizacja Pomorza (X–XIII stulecie)". Studia Gdańskie (in Polish). Vol. IX. Gdańsk-Oliwa. p. 47.
  3. ^ a b c "Sień Pałacowa". Trzebiatowski Ośrodek Kultury (in Polish). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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  8. ^ N.N., "VII. Sophie von Schleswig-Holstein, Witwe Herzog Philipps II. von Pommern, auf dem Schlosse in Treptow an der Rega", in: Baltische Studien (1832 to date), vol. 1, Gesellschaft für Pommersche Geschichte und Alterthumskunde and Historische Kommission für Pommern (eds.), vol. 1: Stettin: Friedrich Heinrich Morin, 1832, pp. 247–259, here pp. 250 and 257.
  9. ^ a b N.N., "VII. Sophie von Schleswig-Holstein, Witwe Herzog Philipps II. von Pommern, auf dem Schlosse in Treptow an der Rega", in: Baltische Studien (1832 to date), vol. 1, Gesellschaft für Pommersche Geschichte und Alterthumskunde and Historische Kommission für Pommern (eds.), vol. 1: Stettin: Friedrich Heinrich Morin, 1832, pp. 247–259, here p. 257.
  10. ^ a b c Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 553.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  12. ^ Schieder, Professor Theodor, and others, The Expulsion of the German Population from the Territories East of the Oder-Neisse -Line, published by the Federal Ministry for Expellees, Refugees, and War Victims, Bonn, Germany, 1954.
  13. ^ "Kalisch, Marcus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911.
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