The years 1900 to 1948

1900	-		The still valid "Lübische Municipal Right" went out.
	-		The gasworks and the slaughterhouse were built at Rügenwalde.
1901			At the "Siechenhaus" (lingering illness) was a part of the Rügenwalder citizen school accommodated.
1903			In the elementary school an auxiliary school was created by way of trial.
1904			On 5 April 1904 a dairy at Rügenwalde was opened.
1906	-		The Marien church received a new clock on its tower.
	-		In the winter 1906 a part of the upper Lange Street at Rügenwalde burned down.
1908			Between Karwitzer and Bismarck Street at Rügenwalde the Bismarck monument was opened.
1909			The first cutter, with an diesel engine, was taken in operation at Rügenwaldemünde.
1911			On 1 October 1911 the top of the Erb Street at Rügenwalde was destroyed by a major fire.
1912	-		The six-hundred-anniversary of the town foundation was festively committed by Rügenwalde.
	-		The Gertruden church was fundamentally reconditioned.
1913	-		The agricultural domestic science school at the Kopfberg was built and opened.
			The domestic science school at the Kopfberg
	-		On 1 April 1913 the citizen school of Rügenwalde was raised to a middle school.
1914	-		On 1 January 1914 a storm tide destroyed a part of the protection facilities at the east beach of Rügenwaldermünde. Near Damkerort a breakthrough of the Baltic Sea took place to the Lake Bukow.
	-		The first World War began to 28 July 1914 by a declaration of war of Austria Hungary at Serbia.
	-		1 August 1914 declaration of war of the German empire at France. For Germany began with it the 1. World War.
1917			To the Marien church the Bugenhagen- and Barnim oak tree were planted.
1914-1918			The first World War ended for the German Reich to 11 November 1918.¹²⁾
			In the first World War 289 citizens of the city Rügenwalde left their life.
1919			The city published own emergency money.
			Emergency money of the city
1920			The Hemptenmacher well was transferred to the public.
			The Hemptenmacher well
	-		Gave it in Rügenwaldemünde a gentleman and a lady's bath at the west beach.
			The Ladies and gentleman public bath
	-		A fish exploitation corporation into Rügenwaldemünde was based.
1921			The Kopfberg settlement was invested.
1922	-		A winter school in the old office for pension was created by Rügenwalde.
	-		The Marien church received new bells. They were secred on 18 April 1922.
	-		The storm tide at Silvester broke through at Damkerort on 1000 meters.
	-		On the Kopfberg on 4 June 1922 the war memorial for the dead by the first world war (1914-1918) was transferred to the public.
1923			The local history museum of Rügenwalde was opened in the Bogislaw Road.
1924	-		At Rügenwalde, for the first time, broadcast recording was possible.
	-		The post office changed the cross-country connection over from mail coach to motor vehicles.
1927	-		The Beelkower highway was developed.
	-		The pilot tower at Rügenwaldermünde was increased and with a beacon equipped.
			The Lighthouse
1928			The war memorial of 1870/71 (French-German war) at the monument place was transformed.
1928-1929	-		The hospital bridge over the upper Wipper was again built as a concrete bridge.
	-		The Hanse school was built at the Rügenwalder city park.
			The Hanseschule
1929	-		The duke castle was taken over by the district and after a renovation it took up the county local history museum. Conductor became Karl Rosenow.
	-		The entire lock installation of the River Wipper at Rügenwalde was fundamentally renewed.
			The River Wipper with Lock installation
	-		On the Wipper barrier a tower of the fire-brigade was opened.
1929-1933			The River Wipper between Schlawe and Rügenwalde was adjusted.
1930		-		Between the villages Sellen and Sackshöhe a concrete bridge was built over the river Wipper.
		-		At the Treidelsteig (towing-path) a new fishing port was created, near the Schnurbüddelshof of Rügenwaldemünde.
		-		The local history museum was shifted from the Bogislaw Street into the dukes castle.
1932-33				Finally Rügenwalde got a central water supply. The spring was at the Grupenhager way and the water tower on the Kopfberg.
1933		-		For 600 years a school existed in the city.
		-		Seizure of power of "Adolf Hitler".
1934		-		In the Wald Street the Gau weaver school was created.
		-		The Sudhaus of Rügenwalde became a dwelling house.
1935		-		At Rügenwalde, between the Hindenburg and Bismarck Street, in the course of a provision of work program, the rose garden was invested.
		-		Between the River Wipper and the Münder Chaussee at the Saarweiher a park created.
		-		Took place the first large exhibition in the castle of Rügenwalde.
		-		The cooperative "Baltic Sea" of the fish smokers of Rügenwaldemünde based.
1936		-		At the west beach of Rügenwaldemünde was the dune café built (Hohe Höft).
		-		On 26 and 27 March 1936 the airships "Hindenburg" and "Graf Zeppelin" flew over the city.
		-		On 1 February 1936 the "Schlawer border newspaper" and "Rügenwalder newspaper" were united.
		-		On 10 January 1936 a new urban constitution with 4 assigning men and 10 councilmen entered into force at Rügenwalde.
		-		Rügenwaldemünde has been incorporated and was called Rügenwalde-Bad (bath), postal code Rügenwalde 2.
				The Dune café
1936-1937				The Kuh-Wipper was adjusted and the monument place was extended.
1937				At the Treidelsteig at Rügenwalde-Bad, near the Schnurbüddelshof, the fish flour factory was opened.
1938				At Rügenwalde-Bad it gave 45 cutter and 159 fishermen. Aerial photograph of Rügenwalde of 1939
1939		-		The second world war began.
		-		On 1 September 1939 the Poland campaign of the German empire began.
		-		The city Rügenwalde belongs to the avowed area of operations.
		-		Food cards and reference bank notes were output.
1939-1941				At the city port two large silos for grain were built.
1942				At Rügenwalde-Bad a shipyard for concrete ships was established.
1943		-		The first large concrete ship ran at Rügenwalde-Bad from the batch under largest secrecy.
		-		On 19 March 1943 Adolf Hitler visited the shooting and attempt place.
		-		End of July pupils of an elementary school of Bochum and complete school-children of Hagen lower-grade secondary school No. 2, together with their teachers, were evacuated to the town within the scope to protect them from air raids in theis Westphalian cieties. Rügenwalde and the sourrounding villages had to recieve and to lodge abt. 1.240 people comming from the Western areas of the Reich.¹⁵⁾
		-		An English clearing-up machine was brought to the crash at the west beach, by a headlight, (7 dead ones and a hurt Englishman).
		-		On 19 February 1943 the village Sellen burned down partly.
		-		On 1 December, at the duke castle, was a flour obligation stocks with 3000dz created.
1944		-		The Hanse school became in October a military hospital.
		-		On 2 August 1944 the citizens, which were able to work, of the city were obligated to the building of the Pomeranian barrier and set in march to the Lake Buckow.
		-		Starting from 1 September 1944 rooms at the castle, for shifted army property from the East, had to be placed by order.
		-		In the Gau weaver school a hospital ward was created for the workers of the Pomeranian barrier.
		-		On the Kopfberg were built an instruction shelter, on the Turnwall and the Wipperwall air protection ditches and at the station delete-calibrate.
		-		The first East-Prussian refugees arrived in December.
		-		In the classes of the elementary school were a home for the elderly refugees from East- and West-Prussia created.
1945		-		From 15 January to 10 May 1945 5556 citizens from Rügenwaldemünde evacuated by the German navy.
		-		On 21 January 1945 the secret luggage instruction at Rügenwalde arrived.
		-		Starting from at the beginning of February constantly smaller and larger ships with refugees left the port.
		-		On 2 March 1945 the loosening instruction in the city was announced.
		-		On 4 March the first Russian troops before the city appeared.
		-		In the evening 6 March 1945 last two ships with refugees left harbour Rügenwalde-Bad with destination Swinemünde: "Zenith" on board mostly Bochum pupils and other people, on board "Regulus" complete Hagen school group with teachers, besides other people, to flee from the Russians.¹⁵⁾
		-		On 7 March 1945 the city was filled by the Soviets.¹⁵⁾
		-		The fitter Leopold was instructed of the Soviets as a mayor.
		-		On 23 March 1945 the first evacuation of the city was instructed according to Soltikow, in order to know the dwellings unimpaired pillage. On the march according to Soltikow approx. 40 Rügenwalder citizens died.
		-		On 7 May 1945 (west front) and 9 May 1945 (east front) the German empire capitulate.
		-		For Germany there was the second world terminated. 13) The Allied divided Germany in zones of occupation. Width parts of East Germany, under it also the largest part of Pomerania, was assigned Poland.
		-		On 25 July 1945 the Pole Doulewicz took over the city as a mayor. It was busy during the war with gardner Liegnitz.
		-		In the Potsdamer agreement from 2 August 1945, subject to the regulation by a peace treaty, the northern East Prussia under Soviet and the southern East Prussia, almost completely Schlesia, Pomerania and Brandenburg, east the River Oder, Polish administration was given. In an additional contract of 5. October 1945 Poland was an area west of Stettin given. In this expansion the German east areas covered 114,296 square kilometres with (1939) 9.56 million inhabitants, of it 13,205 square kilometres with (1939) 1.19 million inhabitants among Soviet and 101,091 square kilometres with (1939) 8.37 million inhabitants under Polish administration.
		-		In the historic representations Darlowos is committed the 7 March 1945 as the establishment day solemnly, but is probably 2 August 1945 as the day to be designated, to the German City Rügenwalde was stopped existing. Driving the German inhabitants out began already in September. The polish called the City Darlowo.
				Germany within the boundaries of 1945
		-		On 27 September 1945 the war memorials of 1813 (wars of liberation 14)), 1870/71 (French-German war) and 1914/18 (first World War) were blown up.
		-		The first deportation took place on 17 October and on 6 November 1945.
		-		On 15 December 1945 the third evacuation took place on the surrounding villages.
1946		-		The Hanse school became on 9 April 1946 Polish High School.
		-		On 12 May 1946 the Marien church was catholic and sacred by a Polish bishop.
		-		40 Rügenwalder citizens were arrested on 13 May 1946, because of alleged membership to the NSDAP and in-supplied to the cellars of the STAPO.
		-		On 17 August 1946 110 Germans were proven.
		-		On 14 December 1946 the deportation took place from 150 Germans.
		-		On 26 December 1946 the first large classification.
1947		-		On 3 July 1947 the first mass deportation of 1000 Rügenwalder.
		-		On 6 July 1947 further 600 Rügenwalder were deported.
		-		On 23 July 1947 a further mass deportation took place.
		-		On 25 July 1947 a deportation took place from old people and patients under care from Dr. Krüger and nurse Leni von Unruh.
1948		-		On 9 January 1948 the harbour operation was again opened.
		-		On 25 March 1948 the last larger deportation took place.
		-		On 6 October 1948 200 Germans were resettled from the Russian troop to Liegnitz at Schlesien.
		-		On 6 October 1948 only few Germans were in the Darlowo.
- Here ends the History of the German City of Rügenwalde -

¹²⁾	Germany had to deplore approx. 5 million dead soldiers and around 3.8 million civilians lost theis life.
¹³⁾	Germany had to deplore 1.8 Mill. dead soldiers, 4.2 Mill. wounded and 600,000 prisoners. The food shortage, due to the blockade, fell in Germany approx. 750,000 humans to the victim.
¹⁴⁾	Wars of Liberation, 1813 to 1815 the collection of the European peoples against Napoleon I., after his "large army" had been destroyed 1812 in Russia.
¹⁵⁾	Data for the west evacuation of West German pupils from Bochum and Hagen are from Herbert Weber, Iserlohn.