Krosno Odrzańskie

Not to be confused with Krosno in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship

Krosno Odrzańskie
Parish Church (Fara)
Coat of arms
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lubusz
County	Krosno Odrzańskie County
Gmina	Gmina Krosno Odrzańskie
Town rights	before 1238
Government
• Mayor	Andrzej Chinalski
Area
• Total	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Highest elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Lowest elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Population  (2006)
• Total	12,100
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	66-600 to 66-603
Area code	+48 68
Car plates	FKR
Website	http://www.krosnoodrzanskie.pl

Krosno Odrzańskie [Polish pronunciation: ['] ] (Template:Lang-de) is a city on the east bank of Oder River, at the confluence with Bober. The town in Western Poland with 12,500 inhabitants (2002) is the capital of Krosno County. It is assigned to the Lubusz Voivodeship (since 1999), previously part of Zielona Góra Voivodeship (1975-1998).

History

The town was first mentioned as Crosno in 1005 and received its town charter in 1201. Due to its important strategic location, it played an important role in the western borders of Poland and Germany during the 11th to 13th centuries. A stone castle was built by the Silesian Piasts in the 13th century. The duchess of Silesia, Hedwig of Andechs, took refuge in it during the Mongol invasion of Europe. The town changed hands several times; once it was given as payment to soldiers of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Crossen a. d. Oder in 1900

When the Silesian Henry of Głogów of the Silesian Piasts died in 1476, his widow Barbara von Brandenburg, daughter of Albert Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, inherited the territory of Crossen. The area was part of a Bohemian lien in 1482. Several claims ended when Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, renounced all rights to Crossen in 1538, thereby finalizing the district's belonging to the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Crossen became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. In reforms after the Napoleonic Wars, the town became part of the Province of Brandenburg.

In 1945 during World War II, the town was conquered by the Soviet Red Army. According to the post-war Potsdam Conference, the town was placed under Polish administration. The German-speaking inhabitants were expelled westward and replaced with Poles. Due to war and expulsion, the population was reduced from 10,800 in 1939 to 2,000 in 1946.

Notable people

• Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699–1753) painter and architect
• Johann Friedrich Schönemann (1704–1782), theater director
• Eduard Seler (1849–1922), anthropologist, archaeologist, philogian, and Mesoamerica scholar
• Rudolf Pannwitz (1881–1969), author
• Hans Egidi (1890–1976), former president of court
• Alfred Henschke ps.Klabund (1890–1928), author
• Tomasz Kuszczak - Poland national football team and Manchester United goalkeeper
• Aneta Pastuszka - Olympic canoer

Literature

• Crossener Tageblatt (Crossener Wochenblatt) Crossen a.O.: 1826 ff.
• Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Crossen. Hrg. Erich Blunck, bearb. von Wilhelm Jung. Berlin: Voss, 1921 (Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Brandenburg / hrsg. vom Brandenburgischen Provinzialverbande ; Bd. 6, Teil 6)
• Karl von Obstfelder: Chronik der Stadt Crossen. Von den ältesten Zeiten bis zum Jahre 1845 im Auszuge, von 1845 bis 1925 selbständig bearbeitet. Crossen a.O.: Zeidler 1925
• Heimatbuch des Kreises Crossen (Oder). Bearb. u. hrsg. v. Karl Metzdorf. Crossen: Zeidler 1927
• Karl Metzdorf: Die Eindeutschung der Ostmark im Mittelalter. Langensalza: Beltz 1925
• 400 Jahre Realgymnasium Crossen an der Oder. Crossen: Zeidler 1927
• Jan Muszýnski: Krosno Odrzánskie. Lubuskie Towarzystwo Naukowe. Przeszłość i teraźniejszość. Warszawa: PWN 1972 (Die Stadt Crossen a. d. Oder. Vergangenheit und Gegenwart)
• Beata Halicka: Krosno Odrzańskie. Wspólne dziedzictwo kultury / Crossen an der Oder. Das gemeinsame Kulturerbe. 1005–2005, Skórzyn 2005. ISBN 83-922273-0-1
• Heimatkarte des Kreises Crossen a. O., mehrfarbiges Reprint, Niederlausitzer Verlag, Guben. ISBN 3-935881-23-1

External links

• 1615 Map of Brandenburg with Duchy of Crossen on Oder river
• Official town website
• Map via mapa.szukacz.pl