Warlubie
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Kuyavian Pomeranian | |
Powiat : | Świecki | |
Gmina : | Warlubie | |
Geographic location : | 53 ° 35 ' N , 18 ° 38' E | |
Residents : | 2043 (2008) | |
Postal code : | 86-122 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 52 | |
License plate : | CSW | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Rail route : | Laskowice Pomorskie – Tczew |
Warlubie ( German Warlubien , 1942-1945 Warlieb ) is a village in Powiat Świecki of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with about 6500 inhabitants.
history
The first documented mention of the place comes from the year 1277 as Warlubie from a privilege of the Duke of Pomerellen Mestwin II. From 1309 to 1466 the place belonged to the domain of the Teutonic Order , afterwards it was part of Poland. Around the year 1820 the village had about 380 inhabitants. In 1920 the place had to be ceded to the re-established Poland as a result of the Versailles Treaty . In September 1939 the place was occupied by German troops . Under the name Warlieb , the place belonged to the district of Schwetz (Weichsel) , province of Gdansk-West Prussia , in the administrative district of Marienwerder until 1945 . After the end of the Second World War , Warlubia was restituted to Poland as Warlubie , to which it has belonged under international law since 1920.
local community
The rural community (gmina wiejska) Warlubie includes nine villages with school boards and other smaller towns.
Personalities
- Johannes Czerski (1813–1893), co-founder of German Catholicism
- Herbert Braun (1903–1991), German Protestant theologian
- Hans von Hülsen (1890–1968), German editor and writer