Canal colonies

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The canal colonies were workers' colonies that arose when the Bydgoszcz Canal (in Polish: Kanał Bydgoski ) was built.

Remnants of Canal Colony A
Former canal colony B

For the construction of the canal about 20,000 workers from u. a. Saxony , Thuringia , Anhalt , Swabia and the Sudetenland . They settled along the canal in the so-called canal colonies A (founded June 10, 1794), B and C and took over the construction of the canal.

5,000 people lost their lives in the construction of the canal. The remnants of Colony A were incorporated into the Hoheneiche ( Polish Osowa Góra ) district of Bromberg on December 21, 1908 .

Colony B was near the village of Pawłówek at the Hoheneiche lock, while colony C was south of the canal between Nakel and Potulitz and was incorporated into Występ (Josephinen) in 1913 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bromberger Tageblatt. J. 18, 1894, no. 134 - 59/76. In: kpbc.umk.pl. June 11, 1894, Retrieved October 17, 2015 .
  2. ^ Extra sheet of the Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian Government in Bromberg - September 18, 1874 . In: Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian Government in Bromberg. Born in 1874 . Government Official Gazette, 1874, p. 1–5 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Maximilian Behiem-Schwarzbach: Frederick the Great as the founder of German colonies in the lands newly acquired in 1772. 1864, p. 48 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ City and district of Bromberg - AGOFF. In: agoff.de. Retrieved September 10, 2015 .
  5. ↑ ROK 1920: POTULICE, ŚLESIN I OKOLICE - HISTORIA DOTĄD NIEZNANA. In: potulice-slesin-okolice.manifo.com. Retrieved September 10, 2015 (Polish).