Drawsko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

{{Other places|Drawsko (disambiguation){{!}}Drawsko}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Drawsko

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Drawsko 12.JPG

| image_caption = Municipal Office

| image_flag =

| image_shield =

| image_map =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Greater Poland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Czarnków-Trzcianka

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Drawsko

| coordinates = {{coord|52|51|N|16|2|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| elevation_min_m = 35

| elevation_max_m = 50

| population_total = 1640

| website = http://www.gminadrawsko.pl

| timezone1 = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| iso_code = POL

| registration_plate = PCT

| blank_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads

| blank_info_sec2 = 32px

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Drawsko {{IPAc-pl|'|d|r|a|f|s|k|o}} 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.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|37|km|mi|0}} west of Czarnków and {{convert|78|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north-west of the regional capital Poznań.

History

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.{{cite journal |last1= Gregoricka |first1=Lesley A. |last2= Betsinger |first2= Tracy K. |last3= Scott |first3= Amy B. |last4=Polcyn |first4= Marek |date= 26 November 2014|title= Apotropaic Practices and the Undead: A Biogeochemical Assessment of Deviant Burials in Post-Medieval Poland|journal= PLoS ONE|publisher=Public Library of Science |volume= 9|issue=11 |pages= e113564|doi= 10.1371/journal.pone.0113564|pmid=25427197 |pmc=4245124|doi-access=free }} However the theory about "vampire burials" there has been contested later.[https://www.history.com/news/polands-sickle-wearing-corpses-not-vampire-burials "Poland’s Sickle-Wearing Corpses Not Vampire Burials"], ''history.com, December 22, 2015

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Polish resistance was active in the village.{{cite book|author= |title=Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945|year=1998|location=Poznań|language=pl|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|page=345|isbn=83-85003-97-5}}

References

Category:Populated riverside places in Poland

Category:Villages in Czarnków-Trzcianka County