Drawsko, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Drawsko | |
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Village | |
 Municipal Office | |
  Drawsko | |
| Coordinates: 52°51′N 16°2′E / 52.850°N 16.033°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Czarnków-Trzcianka |
| Gmina | Drawsko |
| Highest elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,640 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | POL |
| Vehicle registration | PCT |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
| Website | http://www.gminadrawsko.pl |
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.
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
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ 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. 9 (11). Public Library of Science: e113564. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113564. PMC 4245124. PMID 25427197.
- ^ "Poland’s Sickle-Wearing Corpses Not Vampire Burials", history.com, December 22, 2015
- ^ Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 345. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
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