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Stare Drawsko
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| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
| County | Drawsko |
| Gmina | Czaplinek |
| Population | 140 |
Stare Drawsko [ˈstarɛ ˈdrafskɔ] (German: Draheim, old Polish: Drahim before 1945) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czaplinek, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Czaplinek, 28 km (17 mi) east of Drawsko Pomorskie, and 109 km (68 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin. The village has a population of 140.
Drahim (Draheim) comprised a castle, which was a stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller, who ruled the area. In 1407 German and Polish robber barons conquered the castle and expelled the knights. The robber barons made the castle the starting point of their brigandage, until the burghers of Dramburg (Drawsko Pomorskie) defeated them in 1422.
In 1438 the Teutonic Knights arranged it so that Poland could take control of the region, which it reorganised as the Starostwo Drahimskie, with Drahim as its capital, within its Poznań Voivodeship.
In 1657 King John II Casimir of Poland pawned this Poznańian starostwo, including Drahim, to Elector Frederick William I of Brandenburg in return for a credit (Treaty of Bromberg). He acquired the starostwo as his personal estate and invested a bailiff with its administration. In 1773 in the course of the First Partition of Poland Draheim became part of the New March within the Kingdom of Prussia. Following a Prussian administrative reform Draheim became part of Pomerania in 1817, which formed a part of Germany between 1871 to 1945. For the history of the region see Starostwo Drahimskie, for the history of the greater region, see History of Pomerania.