Insko Lake District one of the cleanest #lakes in #poland #whereintheworldisnadia

Lusatia tribes, who started the culture of Pomeranian people, started to settle down on the land which is the Insko Lake District between the 10th and the 12th centuries. At the beginning, the land belonged to Poland, but the area of New Marchia, where Insko was situated, was ruled by Brandenburg grafs in the 13th century. They introduced news of the towns’ founding. As a result, Insko was given a Magdeburg town charter in the second half of the 13th century. That fact is confirmed in a bishop’s document of 1300. The town’s owners were members of the Wedel dynasty, who built a castle there. They ruled the town until 1755 but there was a period of the Order of Teutonic Knights’ rule between the years of 1402 and 1454. Except for Boguslaw’s X fights to separate Pomerania from Brandenburg Marchia, the town did not experience any wars until the Thirty Years’ War. The peaceful times enabled the town to develop and its population to grow. The inhabitants took up with agriculture, trade and handicraft. An annual cattle fair took place in Insko. But the Thirty Years’ War, and later the war against Sweden made the town decline. The rebuilding lasted constantly until the outbreak of the Napoleonic wars. Except for agriculture and handicraft, a brewery and a distillery provided the town’s income, whereas the population growth necessitated the town’s expansion. Unfortunately, the Napoleonic wars created poverty in the town. Large food supplies extorted by the French army were responsible for this. After Napoleon’s defeat, Insko was included in Saatzig County according to a reform introduced by Prussian authorities. The main occupations of the town’s inhabitants were still agriculture and also fishery; trade and handicraft also were developing. Between the 19th and the 20th centuries, communication routes developed –a road to Chociwle and a narrow-gauge railway connecting Stargard Szczecinski with Insko and Drawsko Pomorskie were built. A power station and gasworks were built on the outskirts of the town. A primary school and a vocational school were the center of cultural life. Gazeta Codzienna (the Daily Newspaper) was published in the town between the years of 1907 and 1917. Insko became a popular summer resort in the interwar period. During the Second World War, Polish people, who were sent as forced workers to the town, contributed to the dynamic development of Insko.

650 years passed and Insko was again within Polish borders on the 3rd March 1945. It was liberated by units of the 1st Armoured Army commanded by colonel Grusakowski and colonel Timiniak. Fights and fire destroyed 60% of the economic centre and building in the town centre. On the 3rd of November 1945, the town’s name Nörnberg was changed into Insko due to a decision of Polish Representatives for the West Pomerania District. The new name came from the Lake’s name See Intzke, which had been mentioned in a document with a description of the Duchy of Pomerania issued in 1248, in the times of Barnima I. The town’s emblem, which depicts a red Brandenburg eagle with golden talons and a golden beak on a white background, was preserved. The emblem comes from a 16th-century seal.

Political changes of the early 1990s influenced Insko. Local authorities began to change the image of the town. This involved the renovation of streets, modernization of lighting and multi-occupied houses, development of telecommunications system and finishing of the sewage treatment plant. The growth of unemployment in the municipality was a negative result of the political changes. It was caused by a decline of state-owned farms. Nowadays, the authorities do their best to change the situation. Councillors create an environment, which would be favorable for investments, and try to transform the municipality into an attractive summer resort[[refr:|http://www.insko.pl/strony/menu/8.dhtml, [the 13th June 2008].]]. Lakes that are situated within the municipality are a good place for canoeing, water sports and fishing. Impressively long lakes, numerous bays, peninsulas and islands are attractions for those who love water landscapes. #poland #whereintheworldisnadia #travelpoland