Drawsko

Drawsko, known in German as Dramburg, stands on the Drawa in the old New March. A Slavic stronghold preceded the later medieval town, which the Brandenburg margraves granted Magdeburg law in 1297. In 1368 a peace between Brandenburg and Poland was concluded here. The town's staple rights required merchants travelling on the river to offer their goods for sale, and weaving and shoemaking supported its craftsmen.

Like the rest of the New March, Drawsko passed to the Teutonic Order in 1402 and back to Brandenburg in 1454. Lutheranism was introduced in 1537, and the Order of Saint John administered the town from 1540. A fire in 1620, plague and Swedish plundering during the Thirty Years' War brought heavy losses, but the market town subsequently recovered from these disasters.