Susz

History

The town was developed at the site of a former Baltic Prussian settlement named Susse, from which comes the town's Polish name Susz. Throughout its history the town carried a rose in its coat of arms (in German Rosenberg means "rose hill"). In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the town and the surrounding region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the Prussian Confederation. After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), the Teutonic Order regained authority over the town as a fief of the Polish Crown. In 1525 it became part of the secularized Duchy of Prussia. From the 18th century the town, known in German as Rosenberg, was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and between 1871 and 1945, it was part of the German Reich. During the Napoleonic Wars, in 1807, the town was occupied by France. In the 19th century, the town's Polish inhabitants were subjected to Germanisation policies. In October 1831, various Polish infantry units of the November Uprising stopped in the town on the way to their internment places. Around 1900, the town had a Protestant church, a Catholic church and a synagogue. The town was the capital of the Rosenberg district in the Prussian Province of West Prussia. According to the census of 1910, Rosenberg had a population of 3,181, of which 3,129 (98.4%) were Germans and 34 (1.1%) were Poles. After World War I and the re-establishment of independent Poland, during the ongoing Polish-Soviet War, a plebiscite was held in parts of East Prussia and West Prussia on 11 July 1920 to determine whether the region was to remain in Germany or join the Second Polish Republic. In the Rosenberg district, 33,498 (96.9%) voted to remain in Germany and 1,073 (3.1%) voted for Poland. In the town itself, 2,430 votes were cast in favour of Germany…

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  441
• Brown Lipped Snail

  Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Gastropoda
  286
• Common Orange Lichen

  Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th.Fr. · Lecanoromycetes
  280
• Harlequin ladybird, Asian ladybird, Asian ladybeetle

  Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) · Insecta
  235
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  181
• Scots Pine

  Pinus sylvestris L. · Pinopsida
  169
• Seven-spot Ladybird

  Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  163
• Roman Snail

  Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 · Gastropoda
  142