Drawno

Coat of arms

Drawno

Coordinates: 53°13′N 15°45′E / 53.217°N 15.750°E

Country

Poland

Area

• Total

5.03 km² (1.94 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

2,399

• Density

480/km² (1,200/sq mi)

Postal code

73-220

Website

http://www.drawno.pl

Drawno [ˈdravnɔ] (German: Neuwedell; Kashubian: Nowi Wedel) is a town in Choszczno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,425 inhabitants (2004). The headquarters of the Drawa National Park (Drawieński Park Narodowy) are located here.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany.

Notable residents

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

External links

Official town webpage
Jewish Community in Drawno on Virtual Shtetl

Gmina Drawno

Town and seat	Drawno

Villages	Barników Barnimie Bogdanka Borki Borowiec Brac Brodźce Brzeziny Chomętowo Dobrojewo Dolina Dominikowo Drawnik Gack Gładysz Janków Jaźwiny Karpin Karpinek Kawczyn Kępa Kiełpino Kolonia Kniewo Konotop Kośnik Kostrzewa Maciejów Międzybór Niemieńsko Niemieńsko-Zamek Nowa Korytnica Ostrożyce Podegrodzie Podlesie Prostynia Przysiekiercze Pszczewko Rogoźnica Rościn Samborz Sicienko Sieniawa Skrzaty Śmieszkowo Święciechów Wiśniewo Zacisze Zalesie Zatom Zdanów Żółwinko Żółwino

Geography of Pomerania

Regions

Current	Vorpommern (Western or Hither Pomerania) Zachodniopomorskie Pomerelia Kashubia Pomorskie Pomerania euroregion

Former	Farther Pomerania Circipania Lauenburg and Bütow Land Lands of Schlawe and Stolp

Administration

Towns

Lists

List of towns in Vorpommern
List of towns in Farther Pomerania
Pomeranian cities, towns and villages
List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania
- A–H
- I–P
- Q–Z

Largest

>100,000	Tricity Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Szczecin Koszalin

>50,000	Słupsk Stargard Szczeciński Stralsund Greifswald

Islands

Peninsulae

Rivers

Lakes

Bays, lagoons

National parks

History of Pomerania

Administrative

Western Pomerania Farther Pomerania (before 1945)	Billung March Northern March Principality of Rügen Duchy of Pomerania House of Pomerania List of Dukes Cammin Gützkow Schlawe-Stolp Lauenburg-Bütow Partitions Pomerania-Stolp Swedish Pomerania Brandenburgian Pomerania (Draheim) Province of Pomerania 1815–1945 Neumark Köslin Region Stettin Region Stralsund Region Posen-West Prussia Region List of placenames Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Zachodniopomorskie (after 1945)	Szczecin Voivodeship Koszalin Voivodeship Słupsk Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomerelia (Kashubia)	Medieval duchies (Samborides) State of the Teutonic Order Royal Prussia (Pomeranian Voivodeship 1466–1772) Free City of Danzig 1807–1814 West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship 1919–1939 (Polish Corridor) Free City of Danzig 1920–1939 Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ecclesiastical

Roman Catholic

Historical	Conversion of Pomerania Diocese of Kolberg (Congress of Gniezno) Diocese of Cammin Diocese of Culm Diocese of Roskilde Diocese of Włocławek (Leslau) Prelature of Schneidemühl

Extant	Archdiocese of Berlin Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Pelplin

Protestant

Demography

Archaeological cultures

Peoples

Major demographic events

Languages and dialects

West Germanic	Low German Low Prussian Pomeranian Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch East Pomeranian Standard German

West Slavic	Polabian Polish Pomeranian Kashubian Slovincian

Treaties

1200–1500	Kremmen (1236) Landin (1250) Kępno (1282) Soldin (1309) Templin (1317) Stralsund (1354) Stralsund (1370) Thorn (1411) Soldin (1466) Thorn (1466) Prenzlau (1448 / 1472 / 1479) Pyritz (1493)

1500–1700	Grimnitz (1529) Stettin (1570) Franzburg (1627) Stettin (1630) Westphalia (1648) Stettin (1653) Labiau (1656) Wehlau and Bromberg (1657) Oliva (1660) Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) Lund (1679)

1700–present	Stockholm (1719 / 1720) Frederiksborg (1720) Kiel (1814) Vienna (1815) Versailles (1919) Potsdam (1945)

Coordinates: 53°13′N 15°45′E / 53.217°N 15.750°E / 53.217; 15.750

Authority control	GND: 4821426-7

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