Braniewo

Braniewo is a city in northeastern Poland, inside the Warmian Masurian Voivodeship, with a populace of 18,068. It is the capital of Braniewo County. According to the German geographer Johann Friedrich Gold beck 1748 to 1812 the metropolis at first become named Brunsberg after Bruno von Schauenburg 1205 to 1281 bishop of Olmutz in Moravia, who followed King Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1254 and 1267 whilst the latter participated inside the crusade of the Teutonic Knights towards the Old Prussians. It has also been suggested that the name Braun berg would possibly stem from Brusebergue camp of the Prussians however this belief is not documented.

In 1243 the settlement and the surrounding place of Warmia was given via the Teutonic Order to the newly created Diocese of Ermland whose bishop constructed his cathedral inside the city and made it his leader residence. The city was granted city privileges primarily based on the ones of Lubeck in 1254, however in 1261 become destroyed and depopulated at some point of the second one of the Prussian Uprisings. It changed into rebuilt in a new location in 1273 and settled through colonists from Lubeck.