New Town poviat - district in the north Poland, located in the western part Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The seat of the poviat authorities is the town Nowe Miasto Lubawskie. The district borders with Iława district, Działdowski, Brodnicki and Grudziadzki.
The poviat is inhabited by over 44 thousand. people who are residents of 101 towns.
In terms of area, the New Town poviat ranks 17th in the voivodship. It is only ahead of Elblag, Olsztyn and Węgorzewo district.
An administrative division
The New Town poviat consists of:
- municipal commune: Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
- rural communes: Biskupiec, Grodziczno, Kurzętnik, Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
- towns: Nowe Miasto Lubawskie.
History
In the years 1818-1948, in the area of the present-day Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship, there was the Lubawa poviat, the predecessor of the present New Town poviat. The district was established on April 1, 1818 in the area West Prussia. It was one of the most indigenous Polish poviats (with an indicator of 96.6% of the Polish population). Although the name of the county comes from the city Lubawy, the administrative center was Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (formerly New Town on the Drwęca River). The Prussian landrat operated here.
By virtue of the Treaty of Versailles of June 28, 1919, the district was incorporated into Polish. The Polish authorities took over the poviat on January 19, 1920. In the interwar period, the poviat of Lubawa belonged to Pomeranian Voivodeship with headquarters in Toruń and was a border poviat (about 100 km). Also after World War II, he was temporarily subordinated to the authorities of Bydgoszcz. For a short time, Lubawa was temporarily the seat of the poviat people's council as the strongest Polish center.
In 1948 the name of the poviat was changed to New Town district, which in 1950 was transferred to the Olsztyn voivodeship (for the first time in the history of Lubawa and Nowe Miasto Lubawskie, these towns were subject to Olsztyn). In 1975, due to a new administrative reform (the creation of 49 provinces and the liquidation of counties), both closely related cities were separated by the new Olsztyn Province and Toruń Province.
Historical monuments
- The ruins of the Marian sanctuary and the Reformed Monastery in Łąki Bratiańskie.
The market square in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie - The ruins of the castle of the Chełmno Chapter in Kurzętnik.
- Remains of defensive structures (walls, tower, moat) in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie.
- Basilica in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (including a figure of Our Lady of Łąków, gothic and baroque paintings, a gothic group Carrying the Cross, the Gothic tombstone of Kunon von Liebenstein, the Działyński Chapel, Renaissance and Baroque altars).
- The ruins of the castle in Bratian.
- The urban plan of Kurzętnik.
- Parish church, Dutch windmill and museum in Łąkorz
- Wooden churches in Szwarcenów, Boleszyn and Tylice
- Others (manor complexes, palaces).
Economy
The economy of the New Town district is represented by agriculture and industry. The dominant branch of industry is the wood industry, mainly furniture and carpentry products, including woodwork, construction joinery and sawmills. The largest companies in this industry are Szynaka Meble, ORiSTO, Jawor-Parkiet and DOORSY. Another industry that stands out is the metal industry and the processing of plastic materials, represented by Expom, Lüttgens Polska.
According to data from 2013, the unemployment rate in the poviat was 23.6% (with a population of 44,265 people).
Communication
The following run through the poviat:
- national road No. 15 (Trzebnica - Ostróda)
- voivodeship road No. 538 (Radzyń Chełmiński - Crossroads)
- provincial road No. 541 (Lubawa - Dobrzyń on the Vistula)
- railway line from Gdańsk to Warsaw: Montowo and Zajączkowo Lubawskie stations
- railway line from Eastern Poznań to Žielieznodorožnyj: stations: Ostrowite near Jabłonowo, Lipinka, Biskupiec Pomorski, Jamielnik
Accommodation
There is a poorly developed network of accommodation places in the poviat. The largest number of accommodation points is in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie and near the main attractions of the poviat.