Chwarszczany
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| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | West Pomerania | ||
| Powiat : | Myślibórz | ||
| Gmina : | Boleszkowice | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 41 ' N , 14 ° 38' E | ||
| Residents : | 222 (2005) | ||
| Postal code : | 74-407 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 95 | ||
| License plate : | ZMY | ||
Chwarszczany ( German Quartschen ; Latin Quarcio Marchicus ) is a Polish town in the Powiat Myśliborski of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship .
geography
The place is located in the former Brandenburger Neumark an der Mietzel ( Polish Mysla ).
history
From 1232 the place was a seat of the Knights Templar . The order received the village Quartschen from Duke Heinrich I of Silesia as a gift. A commandery in Quartschen is mentioned from 1282; however, it is not known when it was founded. In 1291 the Commandery Quartschen became the residence of Provincial Master Bernhard von Eberstein (1291), a son of Ludwig I von Everstein . A provincial chapter was held here.
In 1318 after the dissolution and expropriation of the Templar Order, the Quartschen Commandery and its property were transferred to the Order of St. John . The Johanniter coming was later converted into a royal domain office. There was also a distillery and a water mill in Quartschen. Until 1945 the village was in the district of Königsberg (Neumark) , administrative district of Frankfurt in the province of Brandenburg .
Population development
| year | 1933 | 1939 |
| population | 454 | 457 |
Attractions
- Monastery church from the 12th century with a Gothic nave and frescoes , built as a well-fortified church of the Knights Templar
Web links
- Tour of Neumarkt on October 13, 2007: Quartschen - 700 years of the Templar Order (PDF with photos; 470 kB)
- neumark.pl CHWARSZCZANY ( Quartsch )
- www.templerlexikon.uni-hamburg.de
- http://www.neudamm-nm.de/quartschen.htm