Sztum

Sztum ([ʂtum]) (formerly German: Stuhm) is a town in northern Poland in the Powiśle region, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Sztum County, with some 10,141 inhabitants (2004).

Sztum
Center of Sztum with the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians in the foreground and Church of Saint Anne in the background
Center of Sztum with the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians in the foreground and Church of Saint Anne in the background
Flag of Sztum
Flag
Coat of arms of Sztum
Coat of arms
Sztum is located in Poland
Sztum
Sztum
Sztum is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Sztum
Sztum
Coordinates: 53°55′18″N 19°2′1″E
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
CountySztum County
GminaGmina Sztum
Established13th century
Town rights1416
Government
 • MayorLeszek Jan Tabor (SLD)
Area
 • Total4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total9,945
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
82-400
Area code+48 55
Car platesGSZ
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Websitesztum.pl

History
Sztum Castle

Signs of settlement dating back to the Roman Empire era have been found. In the early Middle Ages, a fortified settlement of the Old Prussians existed at the site, conquered by the Teutonic Knights in 1236. The castle was captured by the Poles after the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.[1] Town rights were granted to the settlement in 1416 and confirmed by King Sigismund II Augustus in 1553.[2]

In 1441 both the town and the local Teutonic county official joined the Prussian Confederation, which opposed Teutonic rule,[3] and upon the request of which King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the territory to the Kingdom of Poland in 1454. The castle, which initially remained in the hands of the Teutonic Knights, was captured by Poles after a siege in 1454, but later it was taken over by the Teutonic Knights again.[2] In 1466 by the Second Peace of Toruń the town was finally renounced by the Teutonic Knights[4] and integrated with the Kingdom of Poland. As part of Poland, the town functioned as a seat of the Sztum County in Malbork Voivodeship and a place to hold the voivodeship's sejmiks (regional court sessions). The Sztum Castle was the seat of the local starosts. In 1552, the town was visited by Polish King Sigismund II Augustus.[5]

18th-century drawing of Sztum

In 1772 as a result of the First Partition of Poland the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. In October–December 1831, some Polish infantry units and intendant troops of the November Uprising stopped in the town on the way to their final internment places.[6] In 1871, it became part of the newly created German Empire.

According to the Treaty of Versailles, after World War I the inhabitants of the town and its district were asked whether they want to remain in Germany or join the new Second Polish Republic in the East Prussian plebiscite of 1920. Ultimately in Stuhm, 2,079 (73.5%) votes were cast in favor of remaining in Germany and 751 (26.5%) votes were in favor of rejoining Poland.[7] Based on that result, Stuhm was included in the Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder within East Prussia in Germany. In the interwar period, Sztum remained one of the main centers of the Polish community in the area. The Germans arrested 30 local Polish activists in August 1939, before the invasion of Poland which started World War II.[8] During the war, the Germans operated a Nazi prison in the town.[9] After World War II Sztum became again part of Poland, under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference.

On July 14, 2012, the town and surrounding areas including Barlewice was hit by a Low-End F3/T6 tornado, resulting in one injury. Buildings saw significant roof damage, some of which was entirely torn off. Other buildings were damaged as well. The tornado was part of an outbreak that produced several tornadoes, one of which killed a person.[10][11][12][13]

Number of inhabitants by year
Historic churches in Sztum
Saint Anne
Our Lady Help of Christians
Year Number
1789509
1831956
18752,145
18802,210
18902,265
19052,557
19336,147
19397,374
19437,099
20069,945

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Transport

The Polish National road 55 and Voivodeship road 517 pass through the town, and there is also a train station.

Sports
Stadium in Sztum

Local sports clubs include football club Olimpia Sztum,[18] which competes in the lower leagues, and athletics club Zantyr Sztum.[19]

Notable residents

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Sztum is twinned with:

References
  1. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII (in Polish). Warszawa. 1892. p. 52.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XII, p. 53
  3. Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. p. XXXVIII.
  4. Górski, p. 106
  5. Moraczewski, Jędrzej (1847). Dzieje Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z pierwszéj połowy szesnastego wieku (in Polish). Poznań. p. 277.
  6. Kasparek, Norbert (2014). "Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację". In Katafiasz, Tomasz (ed.). Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu (in Polish). Koszalin: Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie. pp. 138, 140, 145.
  7. Marzian, Herbert; Kenez, Csaba (1970). Selbstbestimmung für Ostdeutschland – Eine Dokumentation zum 50 Jahrestag der ost- und westpreussischen Volksabstimmung am 11. Juli 1920 (in German). p. 124.
  8. Cygański, Mirosław (1984). "Hitlerowskie prześladowania przywódców i aktywu Związków Polaków w Niemczech w latach 1939-1945". Przegląd Zachodni (in Polish) (4): 40–41.
  9. "NS-Gefängnis Stuhm". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  10. "European Severe Weather Database". eswd.eu. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  11. "Trąba powietrzna w powiecie sztumskim: Sprzątanie po tornadzie w Barlewicach [ZDJĘCIA]". 16 July 2012.
  12. "Trąba powietrzna w powiecie sztumskim. Wojewoda odwiedził poszkodowane miejscowości [ZDJĘCIA]". 17 July 2012.
  13. Taszarek, Mateusz; Czernecki, Bartosz; Walczakiewicz, Szymon; Mazur, Andrzej; Kolendowicz, Leszek (2016). "An isolated tornadic supercell of 14 July 2012 in Poland — A prediction technique within the use of coarse-grid WRF simulation". Atmospheric Research. 178–179: 367–379. Bibcode:2016AtmRe.178..367T. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.04.009.
  14. Johann Friedrich Goldbeck: Volständige Topographie des Königreichs Preußen. Part II, Marienwerder 1789, p. 19.
  15. Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 8 (6th ed.). Leipzig and Vienna. 1907. p. 251.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Westpreußen, Kreis Stuhm (2006).
  17. August Eduard Preuß: Preußische Landes- und Volkskunde. Königsberg 1835, p. 444, no. 59.
  18. "Olimpia Sztum - serwis klubu" (in Polish). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  19. "Zantyr Sztum" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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