Bartoszyce
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| (Flag) | (Coat of arms) |
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| Mayor | Krzysztof Franciszek Nałęcz |
| Area | 11 km² |
| Population - city - urban - density |
25,621 2329,2/km² |
| Founded | around 1270 |
| City rights | 1326 |
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Bartoszyce (German: Bartenstein (help·info)) is a town on the Łyna river in northeastern Poland with 25,621 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Bartoszyce County within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
The Teutonic Order constructed a wooden castle near Allenstein at the Alle (Łyna) river in Prussia, at the site of today's Bartoszyce, around 1270 and a stronger castle in 1274. The town received city rights in 1326 from Dietrich von Altenburg; at the time the settlement was known as Rosenthal ("Rose Valley"). In 1332 Lother von Braunschweig confirmed the city rights and renamed the town Bartenstein. The town's name derives from the Old German Barte and Old Polish Barta, which meant "axe" (displayed on the city's coat of arms).
The town was 60% destroyed during World War II. After the Potsdam Conference, Bartenstein was placed under Polish administration in 1945. Its German population was expelled and repopulated with Poles and other Slavs.
The town, renamed Bartoszyce, was in Olsztyn Voivodeship from 1975-1998. It became part of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999.
[edit] External links
- Municipal website (Polish)
- Map from mapa.szukacz.pl (Polish)
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