Drawsko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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Drawsko
Village
Municipal Office
Municipal Office
Drawsko is located in Poland
Drawsko
Drawsko
Coordinates: 52°51′N 16°2′E / 52.850°N 16.033°E / 52.850; 16.033
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyCzarnków-Trzcianka
GminaDrawsko
Highest elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Lowest elevation
35 m (115 ft)
Population
1,640
Websitehttp://www.gminadrawsko.pl

Drawsko [ˈdrafskɔ] (German: Dratzig) is a village in Czarnków-Trzcianka County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Drawsko.[1] It lies approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of Czarnków and 78 km (48 mi) north-west of the regional capital Poznań.

The village has a population of 1,640.

The remains of six skeletons, which were allegedly interred as vampires in the 17th and 18th century, were found in archaeologic excavations of the local cemetery.[2] However the theory about "vampire burials" there has been contested later.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Gregoricka, Lesley A.; Betsinger, Tracy K.; Scott, Amy B.; Polcyn, Marek (26 November 2014). "Apotropaic Practices and the Undead: A Biogeochemical Assessment of Deviant Burials in Post-Medieval Poland". PLoS ONE. Public Library of Science. 9 (11): e113564. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113564. PMC 4245124. PMID 25427197.
  3. ^ "Poland’s Sickle-Wearing Corpses Not Vampire Burials", history.com, December 22, 2015

Coordinates: 52°51′N 16°2′E / 52.850°N 16.033°E / 52.850; 16.033


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