Tuczno
Tuczno is a town and former pre-diocesan Catholic see in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, with 1,900 inhabitants.
It is the home of the restored Tuczno Castle, which is a popular place for conferences.
There is a Michael Jackson Street in Tuczno, the first of its kind in Poland.
History
The first written evidence of Tuczno dates from year 1306. In 1338, Tuczno Castle was erected.During the Middle Ages the town was variously controlled by Poland, Pomerania, Brandenburg and the State of the Teutonic Order. From 1466, when it was ceded by the Teutonic Order, Tuczno became definitively part of the Polish Poznań Voivodeship. From 1569 it was part of the Greater Poland Province, [Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Greater Poland Province] of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
In 1772 it was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland, becoming part of the Netze District, then the Province of West Prussia. In 1871 Prussia became part of the German Empire. After World War I it was part of the rump of West Prussia which remained with Weimar Germany – Posen-West Prussia – and was incorporated into the Pomerania |Province of Pomerania] by the Nazis in 1938. It became part of Poland again in 1945 as part of the Recovered Territories.
Landmarks
- Tuczno Castle
- Church of the [Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]
Demographics