Drawno

Drawno [ˈdravnɔ] (German: Neuwedell) is a town in Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland,^[2] with 2,219 inhabitants as of December 2021.^[1] The headquarters of the Drawa National Park (Drawieński Park Narodowy) are located here.

Drawno
Town square
Coat of arms
Drawno
Coordinates: 53°13′N 15°45′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Choszczno
Gmina	Drawno
Town rights	14th century
Government
• Mayor	Wojciech Wiśniowski
Area
• Total	5.03 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2021[1])
• Total	2,219
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Postal code	73-220
Area code	+48 95
Car plates	ZCH
Website	https://www.drawno.pl

History

Former castle in Drawno on a 17th-century drawing

The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967.^[3] In the 10th-11th centuries, using the suitable location between two lakes, a Slavic gród and a fishing village were established here.^[4] In different periods in the Middle Ages it was a part of Pomerania or Greater Poland. In the 13th century Drawno was part of the Duchy of Greater Poland, a province of fragmented Poland.

Town rights were granted between 1313 and 1333. From 1373 Drawno was part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (or Czech Lands), ruled by the Luxembourg dynasty. In 1402, the Luxembourgs reached an agreement with Poland in Kraków. Poland was to buy and re-incorporate Drawno and its surroundings,^[5] but eventually the Luxembourgs sold the city to the Teutonic Order. During the Polish–Teutonic War (1431–35) Drawno rebelled against the Order to join Poland and recognized the Polish King as rightful ruler,^[6] but after the Peace of Brześć Kujawski, the town, after receiving a guarantee of impunity for siding with Poland, returned to the rule of the Teutonic Knights,^[7] although, as it turned out, for a short time - only until 1454.

The medieval castle was rebuilt in Renaissance style around 1600, but later on it was destroyed in the 17th and 18th century wars.^[8]

Gallery

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  Dubie Lake
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  Rudno Lake
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  Old granary, now a museum
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  Ruins of the Drawno Castle

Notable residents

• Erich Rüdiger von Wedel (1892–1954), German World War I flying ace