Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Treptow

The baroque drawing was made in the sgraffito technique. The drawing depicts Hanken, a female elephant. The sgraffito was created in 1639, as then a circus came to Trzebiatów. Its main attraction was an elephant that could pick up money from the ground, shoot from a musket, march and fence with a rapier. One of the inhabitants of Trzebiatów had this event immortalized on the facade of his house. Later the work was covered by a layer of plaster. It was rediscovered in 1914 during the renovation of the house.The drwaing is about 3 metres high. Hansken, born in 1630 in Ceylon, was brought to Holland in 1637. Hansken toured fairs in the Netherlands and Germany and was a kind of showstar. Rembrandt saw her and made four sketches of her. In 1651, Hansken travelled from Switzerland to Rome. On the way back from Rome, the elephant died in Florence in 1655. The skeleton of Hansken is still preserved in Florence at Museo della Specola.

The area at the river Rega was the site of a Wendish settlement in the 9th century. After the Pomeranian rulers had invited German settlers Trzebiatów (= Treptow) obtained town rights in 1277. In 1416, the town became part of the Hanseatic League, then served as a trade post and developed architecturally, with a typical Brick Gothic-style influence. From 1648 the town was part of Brandenburg-Prussia, the later Kingdom of Prussia. In 1504, Johannes Bugenhagen moved to the town and became Rector of the local school. In December 1534 a diet was assembled here, where the Dukes Barnim XI and Philip I as well as the nobility officially introduced Lutheranism to Pomerania, against the vote of the Prince-Bishop of Cammin. In the following month Bugenhagen drafted the new church order, founding the Pomeranian Lutheran church. The church existed here since the beginning of the 13th century. The present church was built at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. Since the Reformation it served as a Protestant town church. After the flight and expulsion of the German population at the end of WWII, it again became a Catholic church.

The area at the river Rega was the site of a Wendish settlement in the 9th century. After the Pomeranian rulers had invited German settlers Trzebiatów (= Treptow) obtained town rights in 1277. In 1416, the town became part of the Hanseatic League, then served as a trade post and developed architecturally, with a typical Brick Gothic-style influence. From 1648 the town was part of Brandenburg-Prussia, the later Kingdom of Prussia. In 1504, Johannes Bugenhagen moved to the town and became Rector of the local school. In December 1534 a diet was assembled here, where the Dukes Barnim XI and Philip I as well as the nobility officially introduced Lutheranism to Pomerania, against the vote of the Prince-Bishop of Cammin. In the following month Bugenhagen drafted the new church order, founding the Pomeranian Lutheran church. Most of the houses on the market date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. In the backdrop is the tower of the St. Mary´s Church "Kościół Macierzyństwa Najświętszej Marii Panny".