Sztum

Infobox Settlement
name = Sztum

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imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Teutonic castle, remains in Sztum

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image_shield = POL Sztum COA.svg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sztum County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Gmina Sztum
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Leszek Jan Tabor
established_title = Established
established_date = 13th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1416
area_total_km2 = 4.59
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 9945
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 53 | latm = 55 | lats = 18 | latNS = N | longd = 19 | longm = 2 | longs = 1 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 82-400
area_code = +48 55
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GSZ
website = http://sztum.pl Sztum [IPA-pl|sz|t|u|m] ( _de. Stuhm) is a town in Poland, capital of Sztum County, located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, with some 10,141 inhabitants (2004).

History

Signs of settlement dating back to the Roman Empire era have been found. In the early Middle Ages a fortified settlement of the Prussian people existed at the site, conquered by the Teutonic Knights in 1236. City rights were granted to the settlement in 1416.

In 1466 the town with other western Prussian territory passed to the crown of Poland as Royal Prussia. As part of Royal Prussia under Poland's protection (and by Poland declared as Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), the town functioned as a seat of Stuhm County in Marienburg county (Malbork Voivodeship) (1466-1772) and a place to hold local court sessions. In 1635 the Treaty of Stuhmsdorf was signed in the village of Stuhmsdorf (now Sztumska Wies, just south of the city of Sztum).

In 1772 during the time of the First Partition of Poland the Prussian town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1871 it became part of the newly created German Empire.

According to the treaty of Versailles after WWI the inhabitants were asked whether they want to remain in Germany or join the new Second Polish Republic by the Warmia and Masuria plebiscite on 11 july 1920. 19.984 votes were given to remain in Germany, 4.904 votes for Poland. Caused on that result Stuhm was included in the Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder within East Prussia.

Towards and after the end of World War II, the German inhabitants were either expelled like most of the German population of East Prussia. During the end of the war, the town, along with the rest of southern East Prussia, was given to Polish administration by the Soviet Union] under territorial changes promulgated by the Potsdam Conference. The city was resettled by Poles, many of them expellees from Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.

Twin towns

Ritterhude, Val de Reuil, Varde

External links

* [http://www.sztum.pl Official town webpage]
* [http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?x=502210&y=673015&m=Sztum&w=pomorskie&p=sztumski&g=Sztum&z=3 Map via mapa.szukacz.pl]
* [http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/maps/blaeu/germania.jpgStuhm on map of Germany, Prussia 1600]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localityhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&PLACE=Stuhm&PARTOF=&prePLACE=Stuhm&prePARTOF= Vital Statistics (Kirchenbuch) of inhabitants since mid 1600s of Stuhm city and Stuhm county]
* [http://www.heimatkreis-stuhm.de/ German website of former Kreis Stuhm inhabitants]