Pasłęk

Castle

Flag

Coat of arms

Pasłęk

Coordinates: 54°3′N 19°40′E / 54.050°N 19.667°E

Country

Poland

Area

• Total

11.39 km² (4.40 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

12,179

• Density

1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi)

Postal code

14-400

Climate

Dfb

Website

http://www.paslek.pl

Pasłęk ([ˈpaswɛŋk]; German: Preußisch Holland , "Prussian Holland") is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with 12,195 inhabitants (2004).

History

The Steintor (Stone Tower) in Preussisch Holland around 1900

The tower in Pasłęk, 2007

The town was founded by settlers imported from Holland by the Teutonic Order in the late 13th century — hence its original name, Preußisch Holland, meaning Prussian Holland. It is located in the Prussian historical region of Hockerland, and was the location of "The Great Sleigh Drive", a military operation in 1678.

Part of the Prussian province of East Prussia, it became part of the German Empire in 1871. Following the defeat of Germany in the First World War and the Versailles Treaty, the town became the seat of the district or county (landkreis) of the same name at the western edge of the newly made exclave of East Prussia, in proximity to the Polish Corridor. During the Third Reich the town remained the seat of Landkreis Preußich Holland within Gau East Prussia. With the arrival of the Red Army in early 1945 and the end of the war, Preußisch Holland became part of the People's Republic of Poland. It was renamed Pasłęk and the surviving ethnic Germans were expelled. The modern Polish name was derived from the Old Prussian place name Passis Lukis, which was in 1393 mentioned by a frater Heinricus de Castro alias Pasloci.

Notable residents

Dietmar Damerau (1935–2011), German artist
Lotte Laserstein (1898–1993), German-Swedish painter and portraitist
Max Liedtke (1894–1955), German journalist and Righteous Among the Nations
Victor Valois (1841–1924), German naval officer, Vice Admiral

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pasłęk.

A directory of historical and recent photos of Preußich Holland/Pasłęk

Coordinates: 54°04′N 19°40′E / 54.067°N 19.667°E / 54.067; 19.667

Gmina Pasłęk

Town and seat	Pasłęk

Villages	Anglity Aniołowo Awajki Bądy Borzynowo Brzeziny Cierpkie Czarna Góra Dargowo Dawidy Drulity Gibity Gołąbki Gryżyna Gulbity Kajmy Kalinowo Kąty Kawki Kielminek Kopina Krasin Kronin Krosienko Krosno Krosno-Młyn Kudyński Bór Kudyny Kupin Kwitajny Łączna Leszczyna Leżnice Łukszty Majki Marianka Marzewo Nowa Wieś Nowe Kusy Nowiny Nowy Cieszyn Owczarnia Piniewo Pochylnia Kąty Pochylnia Nowy Całun Pochylnia Oleśnica Pólko Robity Rogajny Rogowo Rydzówka Rzeczna Rzędy Sakówko Sałkowice Siódmak Skolimowo Sokółka Stare Kusy Stegny Surowe Tolpity Tulno Wakarowo Wikrowo Wójtowizna Zielno Zielonka Pasłęcka Zielony Grąd

Authority control	GND: 4480128-2

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.