Talk:Strzelno

History section needs attention from an historian

This section needs the attention of an historian for its lack of sources, its including material not really germane to the article, its excluding much relevant material, and for tone.

Our understanding is that the Germanic influence in this region dated back to Catholic (northern) crusades by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century, and per the Bromberg (Bydgoszcz) article here at Wikipedia—this being the administrative district where Strelno was found in the period until 1919—the population of the principle urban areas of that district were up to 80% German in 1910 (data for Bromberg), ranging downward in smaller communities and rural areas, giving an overall composition of approximately half and half, German and Polish speaking peoples at that time. Thus, while the population of Strelno was majority Polish in 1910, simply stating that does not capture the nature of the population and its dynamics at the time (and including census data from 1890 when later data are available does not likewise satisfy the demands of good scholarship).

The political and ideological battles of the past should not the fuel any disagreement here. The article simply needs to reflect the actual (complicated) history of what was long known as "Prussia", beginning from the time of the aforementioned crusade.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:C700:558:D95D:DD5B:F5BA:CE94 (talk) 05:54, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi, your assumption is incorrect, the area formed part of the Greater Poland-Kuyavia area, which was the cradle of the Polish state in the 10th century, and belonged to Poland until the late-18th-century Partitions of Poland. It did not form part of the region of Prussia, it was only annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia (which should not be confused with the region of Prussia) in the partitions of Poland. Have a nice day. Marcin 303 (talk) 08:47, 5 November 2022 (UTC)