| Czarna Dąbrówka | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bytów |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Czarna Dąbrówka |
| Coordinates: | 54.35°N 50°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Population Total: | 1112 |
Czarna Dąbrówka (German: Schwarz Damerkow)[1] is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] Until 1945 it was part of Farther Pomerania in Prussia. It is now the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Czarna Dąbrówka. It lies approximately 25km (16miles) north of Bytów and 710NaN0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
The settlement was founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1346 as Damerkow. It was first inhabited by Kashubian people. From 1457 Damerkow and the nearby village of Kleschinz (Kleszczyniec) were owned by Martin von Puttkamer, and from 1517 by the noble family of Zitzewitz. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was a possession at different times of the noble families of Lettow, Wobesen, and Stojentin
According to a history by Brüggemann,[3] in 1784 the village had one farm, six tenants, five cottagers and fifteen households. At this time there were two separate properties, Damerkow "A", consisting of a farm, with two tenants and four cottagers, which was in the possession of Captain J. W. von Puttkamer, and Damerkow "B", with four tenants and one cottager, known as Niemietzke (now Podkomorzyce), in the ownership of Johann Christian Ernst von Puttkamer. The Polish name is based on the German name Puttkamerhof, which refers to the Puttkamer family.
After 1800 a Herr von Zeromski became the owner of Schwarz Damerkow. Waldemar von Puttkamer bought the property from Zeromski, but Puttkamer continued to own it only until 1864. The last proprietors of Schwarz Damerkow mentioned in the estates book (Güteradreßbuch')' are:
1884 - Alexander Schulze
1910 - Ikier
1928 - Harry Ikier
1938 - Hertha Ikier.
At this time the property consisted of 300ha of arable land, including 235ha of arable fields, 35ha of meadows, 5ha of woods, uncultivated land, yards, and roads, and 20ha of water. The average land tax per hectare was 3.08 Reichsmark. Schwarz Damerkow was the economic centre of the south-east part of the County of Stolp (Słupsk).