Czersk

History

• 13th century – The establishment of the parish community including Rytel, Łąg, Mokre, Malachin.
• 1309 - The oldest historical evidence supports the fact the growth of the settlement after Teutonic Knights have overtaken the Pomeranian Gdańsk and establishing the Tuchola community. At that time Czersk was a country site with operating mill, inn, bitumic trade and bees farms.
• 1330 – The first historical acknowledgment of Czersk community.
• 1584 – Publication about first and the oldest known description of the Czersk church;
• 1772–1902 – Partitions of Poland and Annexation to Prussia;
• 1827 – The first carriages are crossing Czersk the horse carriage tract between Berlin and Königsberg;
• 1873 – Opening of Eastern Railroad Berlin – Königsberg; first major commercial economical development;
• 1887 – Startup of Herman Shütta enterprise – presently Czersk Furniture Factory KLOSE; The beginning of history of furniture manufacturing in Czersk;
• 1913 – Completion of construction of still existing Czersk Church;
• 1914–1918 – First World War; Through the prisoner camp located around Łukow passed about 50,000 war prisoners mainly Russian;
• January 29, 1920 – With victorious entry of General Józef Haller de Hallenburg Blue Army armed forces, Czersk return to Poland after Partitions of Poland and Prussian annexation and ;
• July 1, 1926 r. – Czersk receive from the than Polish Government the City rights;
• September 1, 1939–February 21, 1945 – Second World War with the period of Nazi occupation. Undercover operation of very poorly armed resistance groups;
• February 21, 1945 – Entry of Red Army to Czersk, end of Hitler's Nazi occupation;
• May 27, 1990 – First after II World War alleged democratic election with self-determination of Czersk community;
• 1994–2002 – Construction of new center of commerce around J.Ostrowski street;
• January 19, 2001 – Completion of 400 seats Sport's arena Hall named after R. Bruski;
• Starting from 1990 – Systematic development of modern infrastructure ;

  Notable people

• Ludwik Zabrocki a Polish linguist, an expert in German and Indo-European studies.