Bobolice

Bobolice (German Bublitz) is a Polish town in the Woiwodschaft Westpommern. It has 4,670 inhabitants and belongs to the district Koszalin .

geographical situation

of Bublitzer situation of 1932

the city lies in the center of the Woiwodschaft Westpommern at the bank of the river Gozel on the Pommer elevator back. The neighbouring larger cities Koszalin (Köslin) in the north and Szczecinek (Neustettin) in the south are 40 and/or. 28 km removes.

history

the pc. - Johannis church, the market squarely put on and the post office road were the most salient meeting places. The close convenient Gozelquelle, the people four-lake and that about 15 km between the Virchow and Stüdnitzsee convenient Wuhrberg were the popular trip goals of the Bublitzer. The city had connection to the line Belgard - Neustettin, and a small railroad line led after Köslin. Economically the city was strongly coined/shaped of the agriculture.

For the first time the place in a document is mentioned of 1339 as „Terra Bubulzik “. 1340 became Bublitz, which was at this time in the rule range of the dukes of Pommern Wolgast, which lent lübische municipal law. In 16. Century inside was the Bublitzer country article from Zwistigkeiten between the national princes and bishops, in whose consequence the city pawned several times, was retired or sold. Thus the city was restrained again and again in its development. Before after the Westfäli peace courses more arranged of 1648 with the assumption by Brandenburg conditions were steered into, Pommernherzog Kasimir IX. had. completely becomes impoverished to 1577 the city acquired. In the years 1605, 1631 and 1639 fires caused large damages.

Coat of arms of Bublitz

in the year 1800 again destroyed a large fire the city, in whose consequence at the market place a new city hall was established. On the napoleonischen wars in connection with Bublitz it is reported that on instruction of a French field marshal „the old person cemetery was put on “outside of the city. During the war of liberation 1813 a GermanRussian Legion were quartered, for whose supply the city had to be responsible. 1818, which belonged, became to city now to the Prussian province Pommern a dreiklassige school open, which was extended after the establishment of a new building 1838 by a fourth class. After the establishment of the German Reich the city experienced an important revaluation, when it received 1872 the status of a district town for district the Bublitz. It used an active building activity, with which 1881 a new school building, 1886 the Johanniskirche and 1908 the city hall were again established and the market place was transformed. One year later was opened the new post office.

1932 had to accept Bublitz a setback, because the district Bublitz was dissolved and the district administration office was closed. The city came to the district Köslin in the Prussian province Pommern. At this time the Bublitz had 6,100 inhabitants. When with the seizure of power of the national socialists the instruction was given to rename roads after party comrades was municipal authorities gewitzt enough to already use only names the deceased Nazi. As dark mark in the urban history the fact remains that 1940 were established just on the area at the crystal night 1938 of the destroyed synagog a cinema. The German history of the city ended to 27. February 1945, when the Red Army marched after heavy bombardment to Vortage into Bublitz. After the delivery into Polish administration the city in Bobolice was renamed.

Postcard greeting from Bublitz

Web on the left of

• http://www.bobolice.pl/
• web page of former inhabitants with numerous pictures