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27-582: Towns and villages on the Leniwka include: This Pomeranian Voivodeship location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Poland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( Polish : Województwo pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ] ; Kashubian : Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò [pvɛˈmvɛrst͡ʃi vɛjɛˈvut͡stfɔ] )

54-542: A Polish fief and became directly ruled by Poland, administratively part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship . Then the local nobility obtained equal rights with the nobility of the entire Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth . Bytów was overshadowed by Lębork , which developed faster and became the seat of local starosts . In 1651 there was a dispute between the city authorities and the starost Jakub Wejher , regarding overdue taxes. To gain an ally against Sweden during

81-610: A local center of the Polish resistance movement ( Kashubian Griffin ). In January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town. It was captured by the Soviet Red Army on 8 March 1945. Some inhabitants had fled before the Soviet advance. In April 1945, it was put under Polish administration, confirmed after

108-532: Is a town in the Gdańsk Pomerania region of northern Poland with 16,730 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship . The origins of Bytów can be traced back to the early Middle Ages when a fortified stronghold once stood near the town. In 1346 as Bütow it obtained Kulm law rights from the Teutonic Order , which controlled it since 1329. During

135-404: Is a voivodeship , or province , in northwestern Poland . The provincial capital is Gdańsk . The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk , Elbląg and Słupsk , pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1997. It is bordered by West Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeships to

162-746: The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Pelplin ) and the Malbork Castle . The voivodeship also includes the narrow Hel Peninsula and the Polish half of the Vistula Spit. Other tourist destinations include Wejherowo , Sopot , Jurata , Łeba , Władysławowo , Puck , Krynica Morska , Ustka , Jastarnia , Kuźnica , Bytów and many fishing ports, lighthouses, and marinas. The name Pomerania derives from

189-522: The Slavic po more , meaning "by the sea" or "on the sea". The voivodeship contains 7 cities and 35 towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (official 2019 figures). Towns: Pomeranian Voivodeship is divided into 20 counties ( powiats ): 4 city counties, and 16 land counties. These are further divided into 123 gminas (communes). The counties are listed below in order of decreasing population. The Gross domestic product (GDP) of

216-640: The Teutonic Knights in 1329. From 1335 comes the oldest mention of a Catholic parish, which, however, could have existed since the 12th or 13th century. In 1346 it was granted town rights . The castle seen today was built by the Knights between 1399 and 1405 at the site of the older castle, to protect their western border. It has been the seat of an administrator of the State of the Teutonic Knights . This castle

243-566: The Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), the town was the site of heavy fighting and changed hands over time. Eventually, King Casimir IV Jagiellon granted the town to Eric II, Duke of Pomerania , as a perpetual fiefdom . After the Partitions of Poland , Bytów became part of the Kingdom of Prussia and later also Germany, within which it remained until the end of World War II . At the final stages of

270-659: The interwar period . Amongst the most recognisable landmarks of the region are the historic city centre of Gdańsk filled with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces, the Museum of the National Anthem in Będomin , located at the birthplace of Józef Wybicki , poet and politician, author of the national anthem of Poland , the largest medieval churches of Poland (the St. Mary's Church in Gdańsk and

297-567: The 18th century, the town suffered from fires and plague. In 1773 in the First Partition of Poland the town was wholly incorporated in the Prussian Province of Pomerania . In the 18th century attempts began at Germanisation of the indigenous Polish-Kashubian population by introducing German into schools. It remained a center of Polish resistance against Germanisation and was a Polish-Kashubian printing center. From 1846 to 1945, Bütow

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324-628: The Deluge , in 1657 King John II Casimir of Poland gave the Lauenburg and Bütow Land to Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia as a hereditary fief in the Treaty of Bydgoszcz . Although Poland still retained sovereignty, the town was administered by Brandenburg and, after 1701, by the Kingdom of Prussia . Brandenburg imposed higher taxes to pay off its debts after the Thirty Years' War . During

351-508: The Germans carried out arrests of notable local Poles, incl. activists and the head of the local Polish bank. During World War II the Polish population was subject to deportations and executions, two of its leaders, Jan Rekowski-Styp  [ pl ] and Józef Rekowski  [ pl ] were imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps , however, the town remained

378-535: The Mississippi River to Pine Creek, Wisconsin in the early 1860s. Many found jobs in the lumber mills during the lumber boom of the late 1800s occurring in the region. Up to the end of World War II most inhabitants of the town were Protestants. The above table is based on primary, possibly biased, sources. Polish football club Bytovia Bytów is based in Bytów. Bytów is twinned with: One regular activity

405-786: The Soviet Union and from the rest of Kashubia . Bytów became the seat of a powiat (1946–1975, 1999-) within Poland. From 1975 to 1998 it was administratively part of the Słupsk Voivodeship . Many families from Bytów such as the Brezas and the Pehlers emigrated to the area of Winona, Minnesota in the United States , beginning in 1859. The Prussian policy was to force the Kashubians out to make room for German settlers. Some Kashubians moved across

432-524: The end of the war by the Potsdam Conference and the Polish name Bytów was restored. Those German inhabitants, which had remained in the town or had returned to it short after the war, were later on forcibly expelled and their property seized in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement . The indigenous Polish-Kashubian population was joined by Poles displaced from former eastern Poland annexed by

459-724: The fiercest football rivalry in northern Poland. Since the establishment of the province, several major international sports competitions were co-hosted by the province, including the EuroBasket 2009 , UEFA Euro 2012 , 2013 Men's European Volleyball Championship , 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship , 2016 European Men's Handball Championship , 2017 Men's European Volleyball Championship , 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup , 2021 Men's European Volleyball Championship , 2023 World Men's Handball Championship . Byt%C3%B3w Bytów ( Polish: [ˈbɨtuf] ; Kashubian : Bëtowò ; German : Bütow [ˈbyːtoː] )

486-670: The monastic state during the Polish-Teutonic Wars , and returned to Polish control after the Second Peace of Thorn (1466) . Poland gave Bytów as lien to the Dukes of Pomerania . Since 1526 the Pomerania dukes held it as an inheritable lien. In 1627 during the Thirty Years' War , the town was rebuilt after being destroyed by a fire. When the Pomeranian dukes died out in 1637 Bytów ceased to be

513-534: The province was 29.2 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 5.9% of Polish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 20,800 euros or 69% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 74% of the EU average. The A1 , S6 and S7 highways pass through the province. The three busiest railway stations of northern Poland, and three of ten busiest railway stations of Poland overall, are located in

540-421: The region of Pomerania and is famous for its medieval Teutonic Castle built in the late 14th century. According to the city's official webpage the name Bytów comes from the founder of the settlement named "Byt". A settlement was first mentioned by the name of Butow in 1321. The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Bytów passed to

567-658: The south, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the east, and the Baltic Sea to the north. It also shares a short land border with Russia ( Kaliningrad Oblast ), on the Vistula Spit . The bulk of the voivodeship is located in the historic region of Pomerania , with the territories on the eastern bank of the Vistula being part of Powiśle . The Pomeranian part of the region comprises most of Pomerelia (the easternmost part of Pomerania) with its subregions of Kashubia and Kociewie , whereas

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594-527: The voivodeship. Those are Gdynia Główna , Gdańsk Główny and Gdańsk Wrzeszcz . Protected areas in Pomeranian Voivodeship include two National Parks and nine Landscape Parks . These are listed below. Football , basketball , motorcycle speedway and volleyball enjoy the largest following in the voivodeship. The Arka Gdynia and Lechia Gdańsk football clubs contest the Tricity Derby ,

621-475: The war, Bytów was the center of heavy artillery shelling initiated by the Red Army , resulting in more than 55% of the buildings destroyed. Throughout its whole history, Bytów was known to be a multicultural town inhabited by Kashubians , Poles , Slovincians , Germans , and Jews . Since 2000 a bugle call is played during important events which taking place in the area. Bytów is a popular tourist destination in

648-455: The western part, around Słupsk , is part of Farther Pomerania . The province is one of rich cultural heritage. The Tricity urban area, consisting of Gdańsk , Gdynia and Sopot , is one of the main cultural, commercial and educational centres of Poland. Gdańsk and Gdynia are two of the major Polish seaports, the first erected by Mieszko I of Poland in the Middle Ages, the latter built in

675-521: Was an economic decline, many Germans emigrated to western Germany, and the population was slowly decreasing. In the interbellum numerous Polish organizations, including the Union of Poles in Germany , operated in the town. Poles were subjected to repressions. The hero of the local Polish population was a local Polish teacher, Jan Bauer, who was arrested by the Germans in 1929. Months before World War II , in 1939,

702-618: Was captured by Poland after the Battle of Grunwald (1410), and king Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland gave it to Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania , for all of his lifetime as payment for support obtained from him against the Teutonic Knights. In the Peace of Thorn (1411) Bogislaw had to return the castle to the Knights. The town did not join the Prussian Confederation 's revolt against the Teutonic Knights. The town alternated between Poland and

729-695: Was the seat of the Landkreis Bütow district in Prussia. The town became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany . Polish minority remained active in the city, and in 1910 a Polish Bank Ludowy was founded here. After the end of World War I and the re-establishment of independent Poland, the Treaty of Versailles kept the town in the Weimar Republic in 1919. There

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