Kowalewo Pomorskie
Kowalewo Pomorskie ( German Schoensee ) is a town in Poland in the Kujawsko - Pomerania.
- 2.1 Coat of Arms
- 3.1 Structures
- 5.1 traffic
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 6.2 other personalities who are associated with the city
- 7.1 External links
- 7.2 footnotes
History
The first mention of today's Kowalewo Pomorskie dates of August 5, 1222. 1231 to 1466 the town belonged to the German Teutonic Order. When exactly the place received city rights, is not secured, the possessed 1275 Schoensee now called the right place. 1278 was the seat of a Schoensee Coming and 1280-1290 a castle was built. The city was attacked several times during this period, but could always defend successfully. So tried the Prussians in 1273, 1330 Władysław I the Elbow- 1422 Władysław II Jagiello and occupy the place.
1466, the city came after the Second Peace of Thorn as part of Polish -Prussia to Poland. In the 15th century there were about 120 residential buildings in Schoensee.
1772-1807 was Kowalewo as a result of the First Partition of Poland to Prussia. The place had by the Nordic wars now only 34 houses.
Polish troops occupied on December 5, 1806, the city, and from 1807 to 1815 belonged Kowalewo back to Poland.
1815 came Kowalewo by the Congress of Vienna to 1920 again to Prussia. 1833 Schoensee lost his municipal law and received it in 1873, or according to other sources until 1929 again. In 1871 it was connected to the rail network and to November 1, 1900 it was connected to the telephone network. The volunteer fire department was established in 1883. In 1907 it came into the Catholic school on the model of Września school strikes a strike of students who refused to speak to German in religious education. The strike was ended by the Prussian administration with tough sanctions.
In January 1920, the Treaty of Versailles Kowalewo came back to Poland. In the school year 1934/35 about 600 students attended the school in Kowalewo Pomorskie. During the Second World War the city was occupied on 7 September 1939 to 23 January 1945 by the German Wehrmacht, the Germans deported an estimated 400 people to concentration camps.
Population Development
Below the graph of population development.
Policy
Coat of arms
The current coat of arms dates back to the crest of the Commendatore in the 14th century. It shows a fish and about two stars and a moon. The stars are probably religious symbols.
Culture and sights
Structures
- The parish church, built 1286-1300
- Rest of the castle from the 13th century
Gmina Kowalewo Pomorskie
For urban and rural community include Kowalewo itself and the following surrounding villages:
Economy and infrastructure
On 31 December 2007 593 people were registered as unemployed in the city Kowalewo Pomorskie. This was a decrease of 458 compared to 2005.
Traffic
By Kowalewo Pomorskie the country road leads 15 ( droga Krajowa 15). In the south, continue on for about 25 kilometers to Toruń, in the north - east to 35 kilometers through Brodnica. From east to west, the province road leads 554 ( droga wojewódzka nr 554) through the city. This opens after about eight kilometers to the village Orzechowo in the Province Road 551 In the East, 554 leads to ten kilometers by Golub Dobrzyń.
The nearest international airport is the Ignacy Paderewski -Jan- Airport Bydgoszcz, which lies about 60 kilometers southwest of Kowalewo Pomorskie.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ludolf Müller (1917-2009), Slavic languages and literature scholars
- Janusz Zemke ( b. 1949 ), Polish politician
Other personalities who are associated with the city
- Ludwig von Erlichshausen (1410-1467), Commander in Schoensee / Kowalewo Pomorskie 1442-1447
- Ludolf Hermann Müller (1882-1959), 1917-1920 pastor in Schoensee, later bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony