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Country
  
Poland

Gmina
  
Miastko

Website
  
http://www.miastko.pl/

Population
  
10,738 (2006)

Voivodeship
  
Pomeranian Voivodeship

County
  
Bytów

Postal code
  
77–200

Area
  
5.68 km²

Local time
  
Monday 6:31 PM

Miastko httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity

Miastko [ˈmʲastkɔ] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Miastkò; German: Rummelsburg), is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northwestern Poland. Administratively it has since 1999 been part of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship; previously (1975–1998) it had been in Słupsk Voivodeship.

Contents

Map of Miastko, Poland

History

Before 1945 the town belonged to the Prussian Province of Pomerania. On 2 March 1945, it was taken by the Red Army, after which it was placed under Polish administration.

Population

  • 1950: aprx. 1,500
  • 1960: 5,500
  • 1970: 8,100
  • 1975: 9,800
  • 1980: 10,000
  • 2004: 12,000
  • 2016: 10,738

    • Notable residents

  • Julius Heinrich Franz (1847–1913), German astronomer
  • Lothar Bisky (born 1941), politician
  • Tadeusz Sapierzyński (b. 1958), soldier
  • Max Schmeling (28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005), boxer who was heavy weight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932

    • Twin towns – sister cities

    Miastko is twinned with:

  • Soltau-Fallingbostel, Germany
  • Périers, France

    • References

    Miastko Wikipedia
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