{{Other places|Marianowo (disambiguation){{!}}Marianowo}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Marianowo | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Marianowo klasztor (1).jpg | image_caption = Abbey and Immaculate Conception church | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = West Pomeranian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Stargard | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Marianowo | coordinates = {{coord|53|22|56|N|15|15|48|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | elevation_m = | population_total = 910 | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | registration_plate = ZST }} '''Marianowo''' {{IPAc-pl|m|a|r|j|a|'|n|o|w|o}} is a village in Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Marianowo. It lies approximately {{convert|17|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Stargard and {{convert|46|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of the regional capital Szczecin.
The village has a population of 910.
It is situated on the eastern and northern shores of Lake Marianowskie.
==History== thumb|left|View of the abbey and village from 1618 The area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I around 967.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Labuda|first=Gerard|year=1993|title=Chrystianizacja Pomorza (X–XIII stulecie)|magazine=Studia Gdańskie|language=pl|location=Gdańsk-Oliwa|volume=IX|page=47}}</ref> Following the fragmentation of Poland, it formed part of the Duchy of Pomerania. The origins of the village go back to the foundation of Cistercian monastery in 1228 by Duke Barnim I the Good of Pomerania from the Griffin dynasty. In 1228, Cistercian nuns arrived and founded an abbey in the village.<ref>Werner Buchholz, ''Pommern'', Berlin: Siedler, 1999, pp.98-100, {{ISBN|3-88680-272-8}}</ref> After the Protestant Reformation, the nunnery was secularized in 1569, but its purpose, to harbour unmarried or widowed noble women from the Duchy of Pomerania, continued as a Lutheran convent (damsels' foundation) for noble women. One of these noble women was Sidonia von Borcke, famous for her trial for witchcraft in 1620.<ref>Marion George, Andrea Rudolph, Hexen: historische Faktizität und fiktive Bildlichkeit, J.H.Röll Verlag, 2004, pp.140ff, {{ISBN|3-89754-225-0}}</ref>
On 28 June 1643 Gustavus Adolphus' daughter, Christina of Sweden, leased the estates of Marienfließ nunnery to Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg for 10 years, after which it reverted to the new ruler of Pomerania, Frederick William, the Great elector, on 12 December 1653, rewarding Francis Henry's improvements to the estate.<ref>Christian Friedrich Wutstrack, [https://books.google.com/books?id=67gDAAAAYAAJ&dq=Franz+Heinrich+Marienflie%C3%9F&pg=PA179 ''Nachtrag zu der Kurzen historisch-geographisch-statistischen Beschreibung des königlich-preussischen<!-- sic! with 2 s--> Herzogthums Vor- und Hinter-Pommern<!-- sic! Hinter-Pommern with hyphen and capitals-->''], Stettin: Johann Samuel Leich, 1795, p. 179.</ref>
Under Brandenburg rule the damsels' foundation was restituted, but dissolved in 1945, when Marienfließ was handed over to Poland.
==Notable people== * Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg-Franzhagen (Marienfließ, 8 August 1646 – 26 January 1709, Franzhagen Castle), princess of Saxe-Lauenburg and heiress of Franzhagen estates. * Manfred Swarsensky (1906 – 1981), German-American rabbi
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Gmina Marianowo}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Populated lakeshore places in Poland Category:Villages in Stargard County