Starogród (Chełmno)
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Kuyavian Pomeranian | ||
| Powiat : | Chełmno | ||
| Gmina : | Chełmno | ||
| Geographic location : | 53 ° 19 ' N , 18 ° 23' E | ||
| Residents : | 520 () | ||
| Postal code : | 86-251 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 56 | ||
| License plate : | CCH | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Kałdus – Kiełp | ||
| Next international airport : | Bydgoszcz | ||
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| Website : | www.starogrod.pl | ||
Starogród (German Althausen ) is a village in Poland in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship . It belongs to the Chełmiński Powiat in the Chełmno Rural Commune .
geography
The village is about five kilometers south of Chełmno ( Kulm ). The Vistula runs about three kilometers to the west .
history
In 1232 the Teutonic Order built a castle on the site of a Prussian fortification . It was the second permanent place that the order had created in the Kulmerland . The place was strategically located on the edge of the Vistula valley. A settlement called Alt Kulm was built next to the castle . This settlement received city rights as early as 1233 . There was probably a church and parish there as early as 1276, but the first documentary mention of the place comes from 1319. In 1479 the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus , who had acquired the place a year earlier from mercenaries of the order, took up the settlement Poland ex. In 1505 the place was given to the bishop of Kulm , who used the castle as a residence for a long time. In 1754 the church of St. Barbara was built on the site of the Gothic church from 1276. In 1777 the dilapidated castle was dismantled and the materials for the fortress construction were brought to Graudenz . After the end of the First World War , Starogród became part of the re-established Poland . On September 6, 1939, the city was occupied by the German Wehrmacht . The occupation ended in January 1945 with the invasion of the Red Army . Then the place became part of the People's Republic of Poland .
Ordensburg Althausen
In 1232 the Teutonic Order built a castle on the site of a Prussian fortification . It was the second permanent place that the order had created in the Kulmerland . The place was strategically located on the edge of the Vistula valley. A settlement called Alt Kulm was built next to the castle . In 1479 the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus , who had acquired the place a year earlier from mercenaries of the order, ceded the settlement to Poland. In 1505 the place was given to the bishop of Kulm , who used the castle as a residence for a long time. In 1777 the dilapidated castle was dismantled and the materials were taken to Graudenz for the construction of the fortress.
Economy and Infrastructure
Starogród is on a side road that joins Voivodship Road 550 about one kilometer north. This leads in a north-easterly direction after about five kilometers to the district town of Chełmno . Starogród station was on the Toruń – Chełmno railway line .
The nearest international airport is Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport, 35 kilometers southwest of Bydgoszcz .
Personalities
- Adolf Ludwig Agathon von Parpart (1806–1867), astronomer, musician and composer.
References
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Szukacz.pl, Starogród - Informacje dodatkowe , accessed on September 27, 2010
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Erich Weise (ed.): Handbook of historical sites . Volume: East and West Prussia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 317). Kröner, Stuttgart 1966, DNB 456882979 , pp. 3-4.
- ↑ a b c Tourism website of the City of Toruń, Chełmno - Starogród , accessed on September 27, 2010
- ↑ starogrod.pl, Krótka historia Starogrodu , accessed on September 27, 2010