Jastrow |
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by Fritz-Joachim Bork, Dortmund |
Jastrow was mentioned for the
first time in 1303. It was the royal village Jastrobe. Some years later it
was called Jastrove and in the year 1503 it is named Jastrowo. At that time the
Starost Stanislaus Gorka dissolved the „Oekonomie“ of Jastrow. As the location was a non-economic area, German colonists were settled.
Probably by a deal between the Pomerania Dukes and the
Polish King the aerea of Jastrow
became private property of the Polish Crown in order to avoid border-activities
of insurgents and gangs of all kinds. 1602/03
Jastrow was granted the status of a town with „Law of
Magdeburg“.
During a period of
unbelievable devastations, fire and epidemics as from 1626-1813 due to
the Swedish-Polish Line
Succession War, Swedish-Polish War, Nordic War, Seven -Years’-War and
French Occupation during the wars
of Napoleon the population had great privation.
In 1772 Jastrow became a Prussion Town. 1922 after the establishment of the Polish Corridor Jastrow became part of the new Province of Grenzmark-Posen-Westpreussen. 1938 Transferred to the Province of Pomerania. 1945 Occupation by the Soviet Red Army and transferred to Poland. Today Jastrow is polish and called Jastrowie. (Part 2 in german)
Quellen:
Dr. Fr. Schultz: Chronik der Stadt Jastrow, 1896
Hans Werk: Geschichte der Stadt Jastrow, 1938
Geheimes Staatsarchiv , Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin
BIL Berliner Institut für Lehrer Fort- und Weiterbildung