Prabuty

Infobox Settlement
name = Prabuty

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imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Cathedral in Prabuty
image_shield = POL Prabuty COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kwidzyn
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Prabuty
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Bogdan Józef Pawłowski
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1330
area_total_km2 = 5.92
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 8488
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 53 | latm = 45 | lats = 21 | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 11 | longs = 51 | longEW = E
elevation_m = 90
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 82-550
area_code = +48 55
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GKW
website = http://www.prabuty.pl

Prabuty [IPA-pl|p|r|a|'|b|u|t|y] ( _de. Riesenburg) is a town in Kwidzyn County within the Pomeranian Voivodeship of northern Poland.

History

The Teutonic Knights destroyed an Old Prussian settlement at Lake Liwieniec in 1236. The nearby town of Riesenburg was founded in 1330 with Culm law. Its coat of arms, first recorded in 1405, depicts a giant ("Riese" in German) and a castle ("Burg"). During the 15th century the town was burnt down by the army of King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland.

Part of Poland's province of Royal Prussia since the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), the town became the capital of Pomesania during the 16th century. In 1509 Eobanus Helius Hessus became secretary to Bishop Hiob von Dobeneck of Prabuty. A synod was held there in 1556. The town suffered during the 17th century Polish-Swedish wars

During the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. Administered under its German name "Riesenburg", the town became part of the new Prussian province of West Prussia in 1773. It then became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany.

Riesenburg was captured by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 during World War II. According to the post-war Potsdam Conference, the town was transferred from Germany to Poland and renamed to the Polish "Prabuty". Most of the former East-Prussian inhabitants were expelled, as in the whole former German territories, of course due to the European war catastrophe caused by Hitler's Germany.

External links

* [http://www.prabuty.pl/ Municipal website] pl icon