Editing Noteć (section)

==History==
In medieval times, the impenetrable marshes of the lower Noteć River formed the border between the [[Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)|Kingdom of Poland]] and the lands of the [[Pomerania]]n tribes on the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] coast. Disputed for centuries, the fortresses of Santok and Drezdenko finally were acquired by Margrave [[Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal|Conrad of Brandenburg]] on the occasion of his wedding with [[Constance of Greater Poland|Constance of Poznań]], daughter of the [[Piast dynasty|Piast]] duke [[Przemysł I of Greater Poland]], in 1260. 

After several unsuccessful attempts by the Polish Piasts to regain control, the area along the lower Noteć was finally incorporated into the Brandeburg ''[[Neumark]]'' region. For centuries, the border with the Greater Polish [[Poznań Voivodeship (14th century to 1793)|Poznań Voivodeship]] ran between Drezdenko (''Driesen'') and Krzyż upstream in the east. Under the rule of Elector [[Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim III Frederick of Brandenburg]] from about 1603, the fortress was rebuilt and further settlements were erected within the wetlands. First plans for a large-scale [[drainage]] and [[land improvement|land amelioration]] were developed under King [[Frederick William I of Prussia]] in 1738/39, though not carried out until after the [[Seven Years' War]] in 1763.

After the [[First Partition of Poland]] in 1772 the adjacent Greater Polish lands up the river were annexed by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] as the [[Netze District]]. The territory, created by the Prussian administration, was again ceded to newly established [[Duchy of Warsaw]] in 1807, but fell back to Prussia by resolution of the [[Congress of Vienna|Vienna Congress]] in 1815.