Drawsko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Drawsko (disambiguation).
Drawsko
Village

Municipal Office
Drawsko
Coordinates: 52°51′N 16°2′E / 52.850°N 16.033°E / 52.850; 16.033
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
County Czarnków-Trzcianka
Gmina Drawsko
Highest elevation 50 m (160 ft)
Lowest elevation 35 m (115 ft)
Population 1,640
Website http://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 interred as Vampires in the 17th and 18th century, were found in archaeologic excavations of the local cemetery.[2]

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). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113564. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

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

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