Darłowo

Darłowo (in German Rügenwalde , in cachoube Dirlowò ), or more exactly the royal city of Darłowo (in Polish Królewskie Miasto Darłowo ) is a town of Poland located in the Voïvodie de Poméranie Occidentale (Powiat de Sławno). The city counts 14.931 inhabitants (2006).

Geographical location

Darłowo is on the coast Baltique, with the mouth of the Wieprza.

History

Already at the 11th century, on the site of the current city, a Fortified town was called Dirlov or Dirlovo . Darłowo received the urban Privilège S in 1312 (Droit of Lübeck). After being itself found one short period under the sovereignty of the Margraviat de Brandebourg, the city passes in the hands of the duke Warcisław IV of Poméranie in 1316. His/her son Bogusław V of Poméranie in fact its capital and made there build a Castle-extremely. Starting from 1361, the city cooperates with the Hanse of which it becomes member in 1412. In 1382, Eric de Poméranie, future king of Norway, Denmark and of Sweden, is born there. After its dismissal, it returns in Darłowo and is harnessed to develop the city. Under the reign of Bogusław X of Poméranie, the city knows its golden age.

In 1497 and 1552, violent storms devastate the port. Fires devastate the city on several occasions (1589, 1624, 1648, 1679 and 1722). The first Phare is built towards 1715.

After being last in the hands of the Hohenzollern and the Brandebourg-Prussia, the city knows an economic stagnation until the middle of the 18th century. During the Napoleonean Wars, the inhabitants make smuggling by conveying for the continent of the British goods . In 1871, with the Prussia, Darłowo integrates the Germany reunified.

The city counted 6.000 inhabitants before the bursting of the First World War, 8.000 inhabitants before the beginning of the Second world war.

During the Second world war, an important field of fire was near the city. Some of the largest guns of the history were tested there: the Schwerer Gustav and the Mörser Karl. Adolf Hitler went several times to Darłowo to observe the tests.

In 1945, following the Conference of Potsdam, the city is attached to Poland. The Germans are expelled and replaced by Poles. The city is initially baptized Dyrłów , then Darłów , and finally Darłowo.

To see

  • the castle of the dukes of Poméranie, from which construction began in 1352, museum since 1930.

  • the Notre-Dame church (14th)
  • vestiges of the old ramparts (14th)
  • the town hall (18th)
  • the Holy-Gertrude church (15th)
  • the Saint-Georges church (15th)
  • the monument Rybaka
  • houses of the hurdy-gurdy city
  • the water mill and the attic on Wieprza
  • the headlight (19th)
  • the port
  • the seaside resort of Darłówko
  • the wind mills (9 large and 6 small)
  • the opening bridge close to the mouth of Wieprza
  • launching bases (out of concrete) of the V1 and V2 dating from the Second War

Economy

Food industries:

  • Solmar Sp. z.o.o
  • Przetwórstwo Spożywcze Przedsiębiorstwo Drobdar
  • Pirs Sp. Z o.o

Twinnings

External bond

  • (pl) (of) Official site of the city

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