Krajna
Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ N , 17 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ E
Krajna is a Polish name for an approximately 4000 km² historical landscape in the north of the Polish Greater Poland Voivodeship , which is essentially the former network district . The area consists of the Pojezierze Krajeńskie lake district of the same name, with around 300 lakes of over one hectare in area. There are numerous oser and kames in the moraine landscape .
The area extends in the east to the river Brda ( Brahe ), in the south to the Notec ( Netze ) and in the west to the Gwada ( Küddow ). In the north the border rivers are the Kamionka and the Debrzynka ( Dobrinka ). Krajna is located in the borders of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships , Greater Poland and Lubusz .
The following towns are located in the Krajna: Nakło nad Notecią ( Nakel ) Złotów ( Flatow ) Chojnice ( Konitz ), Krajenka ( Krojanke ) Kamień Krajeński (fireplace in West Prussia), Łobżenica ( Lobsens ), Sępólno Krajeńskie ( Zempelburg ) Człuchów ( Schlochau ), Debrzno ( Prussian Friedland ), Więcbork ( Vandsburg ), Wyrzysk ( Wirsitz ), Mrocza ( Mrotschen ), Wysoka ( Wissek ).
history
Krajna means roughly 'border area', see Krajina .
Until the beginning of the 12th century, the Krajna belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania . In 1121/1122 the area was taken over by the Polish King Bolesław III. Wrymouth conquered and annexed Poland. In the 14th century, the Teutonic Order ruled the region, which was again under Polish influence after the Battle of Tannenberg (1410) . With the first partition of Poland in 1772, the region came to Prussia .
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literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Schmitt : Topography of the districts of West Prussia belonging to the former network district . In: Preußische Provinzial-Blätter , other series , Volume VI, Königsberg 1854, pp. 257–289 and pp. 432–461 , Volume VII, Königsberg 1855, pp. 42–46 and pp. 105–118.