This year marks the 727th anniversary of granting city rights to Drawska Pomorskie. The historic date that changed the face of the city is March 8, 1297. On that day, the Brandenburg margraves Otto IV and Konrad I granted Drawska city rights and handed them over to Arnold von der Goltz. The document signed in Prenzlau clearly defined the conditions of the location and the economic and social status of Drawska at the time, and the city began to follow the rules of Magdeburg law. From that moment on, until today, Drawska Pomorskie has continuously been a city. A copy of the founding act of the city of Drawska Pomorskie, located in the city archives in Berlin. The founding act of the city of Drawska Pomorskie dated March 8, 1297. “In the year of our Lord 1297 in Prenzlau. Otto and Konrad, by the grace of God, Brandenburg and Landsberg margraves, and we, Johan and Otto, margraves, sons of Konrad, the lord of this march, proclaim to all Christians, both present here and those who will read this statement. Since all things pass if they are not immortalized by oral or written testimony, we repeat and confirm by the testimony of those present that we are transferring to the honorable Arnold von der Goltz, the mayor of Drawska, as well as his brothers Konrad and Johannes, our commune of Drawska with everything that belongs to it, as we describe it here, in possession. We transfer to the aforementioned commune Brandenburg law. Bordering it, 200 minus 16 acres (1 acre = 17 hectares) are set aside. From these lands, the inhabitants receive 50 acres to the left of the Drawa, for their own use. The remaining acres to the right of the Drawa the commune should keep for agricultural purposes, except for four acres that we have given to the church of this commune. The mayor, his brothers, and heirs receive 10 tax-free acres for their own use, as property. After a tax-free period, the city must pay half a silver groschen for each acre. From these revenues, the mayor retains a third, as well as a third from the areas outside the city and from the revenues of the court. The mayor also deserves the lease of the mill with the weir on the Drawa; for him and his children endowed with feudal and tax-free legal title. The city may use the market, buildings, meat inspection point, slaughterhouses, and bakeries. We also want the income and property located outside the city to belong to the commune. In addition, we transfer to the city the following lakes with fishing rights: Lubesow (Lubie), W[ok]e[r]e (Okra?), and Tzapell (Czaple) and their tributaries from the lake T[z]apell (Czaple) to the lake Welsen (Wilže) along with Melen (Lake Mieleńskie) and lake Grelle (Jelenim). Furthermore, we transfer to the commune the Manhagen marshes above the city, located on the Drawa, upstream to the village boundary of Dalewo, and these marshes will never be reduced by our officials. The city should be tax-free and free from taxes and duties of the residents, as well as occasionally engaging in trade newcomers. If there is no snow, residents and their guests may hunt hares without fear. The streets and order are maintained by the residents as they please. In order for the grace of this gift by us and our successors and heirs in the future not to be altered, we command that this list be written by witnesses and sealed with our seal. This took place in the year of our Lord 1297 in the presence of Werner von Schwannenberg, Friedrich von Eickstedt, Hasso and Ludolf, the brothers von Wedel, the knight Burkhard von Lockstedt, and our notary Thiedemann, who wrote in Prenzlau, on the sixth day before the fifth Sunday before Easter.”