Drawsko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Drawsko [ˈdrafskɔ] is a village in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Drawsko.[1] It lies approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of Czarnków and 78 km (48 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań.

For other places with the same name, see Drawsko.
Drawsko
Village
Municipal Office
Municipal Office
Drawsko is located in Poland
Drawsko
Drawsko
Coordinates: 52°51′N 16°2′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyCzarnków-Trzcianka
GminaDrawsko
Highest elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Lowest elevation
35 m (115 ft)
Population
 • Total1,640
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codePOL
Vehicle registrationPCT
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.gminadrawsko.pl

History

The remains of six skeletons, which were allegedly interred as vampires in the 17th and 18th century, were found in archaeologic excavations of the local cemetery.[2] However the theory about "vampire burials" there has been contested later.[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Polish resistance was active in the village.[4]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Gregoricka, Lesley A.; Betsinger, Tracy K.; Scott, Amy B.; Polcyn, Marek (26 November 2014). "Apotropaic Practices and the Undead: A Biogeochemical Assessment of Deviant Burials in Post-Medieval Poland". PLoS ONE. Public Library of Science. 9 (11): e113564. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113564. PMC 4245124. PMID 25427197.
  3. "Poland’s Sickle-Wearing Corpses Not Vampire Burials", history.com, December 22, 2015
  4. Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 345. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.


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