It was founded in the 13th century,[2] by the Teutonic Order who erected a castle there and named it Labiau. Initially it was part of the State of the Teutonic Order. In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation.[9] After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) the settlement became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights[10] until 1525 and by Ducal Prussia afterwards. In this town, on November20, 1656, was signed the Treaty of Labiau. Lithuanian church services were held at the local church.[11] From the 18th century, it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany, within which it was administratively located in the province of East Prussia. Labiau was a district seat in the administrative region of Königsberg. In 1885, Labiau had 4,744 inhabitants, almost all of whom were Lutherans.
Labiau was overrun by the SovietRed Army in 1945 near the end of World War II. After Germany's defeat in the war in 1945, the town was transferred to Soviet Russia and the following year it was renamed Polessk.[2] The German inhabitants were partly evacuated via the coast, or were subsequently expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement and replaced with Soviet citizens.
↑Arnoldts, Daniel Heinrich (1777). Kurzgefaßte Nachrichten von allen seit der Reformation an den lutherischen Kirchen in Ostpreußen gestandnen Predigern. Königsberg. p.48.
Правительство Калининградской области.Постановление№640от30 августа 2011 г. «Об утверждении реестра объектов административно-территориального деления Калининградской области», в ред. Постановления №877 от21 ноября 2011 г«О внесении изменения в Постановление Правительства Калининградской области от 30августа 2011г. №640». Вступил в силусо дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Калининградская правда" (вкладыш "Официально"), №170, 15 сентября 2011 г. (Government of Kaliningrad Oblast.Resolution#640ofAugust30, 2011 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Objects of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of Kaliningrad Oblast, as amended by the Resolution#877 ofNovember21, 2011 On Amending the Resolution of the Government of Kaliningrad Oblast #640 of August30, 2011. Effective as ofthe day of the official publication.).
Калининградская областная Дума.Закон№260от30 июня 2008 г. «Об организации местного самоуправления на территории муниципального образования "Полесский городской округ"», в ред. Закона №370 от1 июля 2009 г«О составе территорий муниципальных образований Калининградской области». Вступил в силусо дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Калининградская правда", №124, 11 июля 2008 г. (Kaliningrad Oblast Duma.Law#260ofJune30, 2008 On the Organization of the Local Self-Government on the Territory of the Municipal Formation of "Polessky Urban Okrug", as amended by the Law#370 ofJuly1, 2009 On the Composition of the Territories of the Municipal Formations of Kaliningrad Oblast. Effective as ofthe day of the official publication.).
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