Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie [' nɔvɛ ' mjastɔ lu'bafsk ʲ ɛ ] ( German Neumark in West Prussia ) is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. It lies on the Drwęca ( Drewenz ) and has about 11,000 inhabitants.
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History
Neumark, located on the Drewenz, the town was chartered in 1325. 1454, the city became a member of the Prussian Confederation ( Związek Pruski ), an association of towns and noblemen against the Teutonic Order.
Neumark was the capital of the district of Lobau in the West Prussian government district Marienwerderstraße. She had at the end of the 19th century, a Protestant and a Catholic church, a Progymnasium, a district court, a steam saw-mill, grain trade and (1890) 2,723 inhabitants. About 800 inhabitants ( 1890) known to the Poles, 1,553 inhabitants were Roman Catholics, 842 were Protestant denomination. In Neumark lived 323 Jews. North of the city limits was the monastery Maria Lonk, a famous place of pilgrimage.
As a result of the Versailles Treaty, the city came despite German speaking majority in 1920 with the entire district Lobau back to the re-established Polish state. In September 1939, Neumark was occupied by German troops and connected to the Empire ( Danzig- West Prussia ). During the Nazi occupation, several mass executions of Polish citizens were held in the city. Particularly known applies the execution on 7 December 1939 on ulica Copernicus. After the conquest by Soviet troops in 1945, the city became Polish again, the German majority was expelled.
Demographics
Twin Cities
Hude (Oldenburg ) ( Germany )
Furthermore, the city is a member of the Metropolitan Council of Neustadt in Europe.
Rural community
The rural community of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie was founded in 1973. However, the city Nowe Miasto eponymous Lubawskie is neither part nor the administrative seat of the municipality is the Mszanowo. The municipality has an area of 138.02 km ² and 8062 inhabitants divided into 16 districts: