Gmina Krajenka

Gmina Krajenka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Krajenka, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-west of Złotów and 101 km (63 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

The gmina covers an area of 191.79 square kilometres (74.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,230 (out of which the population of Krajenka amounts to 3,651, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,579).

Villages

Apart from the town of Krajenka, Gmina Krajenka contains the villages and settlements of Augustowo, Barankowo, Czajcze, Dolnik, Głubczyn, Krajenka-Wybudowanie, Leśnik, Łońsko, Maryniec, Paruszka, Podróżna, Pogórze, Rogownica, Skórka, Śmiardowo Krajeńskie, Tarnówczyn, Wąsoszki and Żeleźnica.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Krajenka is bordered by the town of Piła and by the gminas of Kaczory, Szydłowo, Tarnówka, Wysoka and Złotów.

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Krajenka

Krajenka [kraˈjɛŋka] (German: Krojanke) is a town in the Greater Poland Voivodeship of Poland. It has 3,804 inhabitants (2005) and lies in Złotów County.

Geographical location

Krajenka is located approximately 15 kilometers south of Złotów, 50 kilometers south-east of Szczecinek an 160 kilometers east of the regional center, Szczecin.

History

The first mention of the town is from 1286, back then it belonged to noble family of Danaborski whose Coat of Arms was Toporczyk. The name of the town itself comes from the Polish word Krajna, which meant in the past a location on the borders of Polish state. Throughout centuries it was connected to Polish royalty and such families as Danaborski, Dahlke, Kościelecki, Grudziński, Działyński, Sułkowski, Komierowski.

Magdeburg city rights were granted in 1420 by the Polish king Władysław Jagiełło.

In the period between 1772 and 1945, following the Partitions of Poland, it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia and later Germany. After the last Polish owner of the town Jakub Komierowsk was killed by Prussians in 1809, the town was confiscated by Prussian officials and passed from Polish to German hands. In 1846 a Protestant church was built by the famous German architect Carl Friedrich Schinkel. In 1871 a railway station of the Prussian Eastern Railway was built south of the Glumia river. The town was then the property of Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia. After 1919, when neighboring areas became part of the Polish Corridor, it was made part of Grenzmark Posen-Westpreußen. On 21 June 1924, it made history within German law as the Reichsgericht confirmed private ownership by Prinz Friedrich Leopold, including, where he died in 1931.