Pokrzywno, Grudziądz County


Pokrzywno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gruta, within Grudziądz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Gruta, south-east of Grudziądz, and north of Toruń.
The village has a population of 300.

History

A castle was built here by the Teutonic Order in 1242, on the site of an older fortification. Between 1278 and 1416 it was the seat of a Komtur. The castle was damaged severely by fire in 1611 and in 1657, it was conquered by the Swedish army. In 1789, the chapel of the castle collapsed. The semi-ruined castle was later used as a quarry, supplying building materials for houses and roads nearby. Ruins of the castle still remain in the village.
In 1905, the village had 288 inhabitants.