Country Poland Gmina Gmina Goleniów Town rights 1268 Area 12 km² Local time Thursday 1:59 PM | County Goleniów County Established 13th century Elevation 15 m (49 ft) Population 22,844 (2011) | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 68% Humidity Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship | ||
Goleniów [ɡɔˈlɛɲuf] (Kashubian: Gòłonóg; German: Gollnow) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,399 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Goleniów County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998). Town area is 12.5 square kilometres (4.8 sq mi), geographical situation 53°33'N and 14°49'E. It is situated in the centre of Goleniowska Forest on Goleniów Plain, near main roads numbers 3 and 6. Nearby town-part: Helenów
Contents
- Map of GoleniC3B3w Poland
- History
- Population
- Twin towns Sister cities
- Towns near Goleniw
- Tourist villages near Goleniw
- Notable people
- References
Map of Goleni%C3%B3w, Poland
The international airport Szczecin-Goleniów "Solidarność" Airport is located just East of the town.
History
Goleniow, then Gollnow, was founded twice: First, Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania granted the settlement Magdeburg Law and additional privileges in 1264, yet the town was rechartered with Lübeck Law, which favoured the local merchants, in 1314. The town grew by exploiting the vast timber reserves in the town-owned forests, and by trade. Gollnow was connected to the Baltic Sea trade routes by the port of Ihnamünde at the mouth of the Ihna (now Ina) river. Competition with nearby Stettin (now Szczecin) led to a series of conflicts between the two towns, the differences were set aside only in 1615 when the towns signed a reconciling treaty.
The Thirty Years' War devastated the town, and as a consequence of the post-war Peace of Westphalia (1648) and Treaty of Stettin (1653), Gollnow remained with Sweden who had occupied the area since the Treaty of Stettin (1630). The border with Brandenburg-Prussian Pomerania now ran close to the town, and cut Gollnow off from its economic hinterland, which hindered recovery from the war. Between 1677 and 1693, Gollnow was occupied by Brandenburg-Prussia. In the years that followed, the number of craftsmen in the town grew steadily. In 1720, Sweden lost her possessions south of the Peene and east of the Peenestrom rivers, including Gollnow, to Prussia in the Treaty of Stockholm. In the 19th century, craft and trade were joined by industry - Gollnow hosted a coppersmith, a needle fabrication, several facilities for the manufacturing of furniture, three breweries, a distillery, and five water mills. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Gollnow became an important railroad junction, when it was connected to Neudamm and Naugard in 1882, to Kammin and Wollin in 1892, and to Massow in 1903. Gollnow was part of the reconstituted Prussian province of Pomerania from 1815 to 1945.
On 7 March 1945, the town was captured by the Red Army and became Polish. The population fled or was expelled and the town was resettled with Poles.
Population
1628: 1,500-1,600 inhabitants
1745: 1,677 inhabitants
1796: 2,200 inhabitants
1811: 2,929 inhabitants
1828: 3,920 inhabitants
1843: 4,911 inhabitants
1864: 7,413 inhabitants
1895: 8,181 inhabitants
1910: 10,258 inhabitants
1928: 11,815 inhabitants
1938: 13,500 inhabitants
1960: 10,300 inhabitants
1970: 14,700 inhabitants
1975: 17,200 inhabitants
1980: 19,100 inhabitants
1990: 22,200 inhabitants
1995: 22,200 inhabitants
2004: 22,399 inhabitants
2007: 22.399 inhabitants
2008: 22.377 inhabitants
2011: 22.844 inhabitants
Twin towns — Sister cities
Goleniów is twinned with: