Drezdenko

Drezdenko
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Drezdenko
Coordinates:
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Strzelce-Drezdenko
Gmina	Drezdenko
Government
• Mayor	Maciej Pietruszak
Area
• Total	10.74 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	10,229
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	66-530
Car plates	FSD
Website	http://www.drezdenko.pl

Drezdenko ([drɛzˈdɛŋkɔ]; German: Driesen) is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Strzelce-Drezdenko County. It has 10,421 inhabitants (2004).

History

The area was a site of a border fort of the medieval Polish state. During the reign of Bolesław III Wrymouth it was raised to the rank of a castellany. During the period of feudal fragmentation of Poland it was initially part of the Duchy of Greater Poland and then subject of fighting between the Duchy and the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which took control of it after 1296. It was sold by the Brandenburgians to the Monastic Order of the Teutonic Knights in 1317. However, in 1365 it became part of Kingdom of Poland, during the rule of Casimir the Great, to be lost again, to the Teutonic Knights in 1402. In 1455 the Knights sold it back to Brandenburg. It remained part of Brandenburg Prussia and Germany until 1945

After World War II the town was placed under Polish administration according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The local population was expelled and replaced with Poles.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — sister cities

Drezdenko is twinned with:

• Wörth am Rhein, Germany
• Winsen, Germany

People

• Karl Ludwig Hencke (1793-1866), German astronomer
• Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum (1828–1899), German psychiatrist
• Adam Krieger (1634–1666), German composer
• Theodor Schönemann (1812–1868), German mathematician

External links

• Official town webpage
• Jewish Community in Drezdenko on Virtual Shtetl