Postal code 66-100 Area 6.8 km² Local time Friday 2:02 AM | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Car plates FZI Population 17,416 (2009) | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 91% Humidity | ||
Video 2008 3 5 cigacice sulech w pomorsko sulech w town centre part 1 2
Sulechów [suˈlɛxuf] (German: Züllichau) is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Zielona Góra County. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Sulechów.
Contents
- Video 2008 3 5 cigacice sulech w pomorsko sulech w town centre part 1 2
- Map of Sulechow Poland
- History
- Notable people
- Twin towns sister cities
- References
Map of Sulechow, Poland
History
Settlement in the area goes back to the 4th century. In the 10th century the area was part of the realm of Mieszko I of Poland. From 1138 on it was part of the Duchy of Silesia, and then the splinter Duchy of Głogów.
The settlement was mentioned in 1319, when Margrave Waldemar of Ascania had conquered Sulechów for Brandenburg. Waldemar however died in the same year, and the locality fell back to the Piast Duchy of Głogów.
In 1482 Duke Jan II the Mad ceded Züllichau together with the neighboring town of Krossen to Brandenburg under Elector Albert III Achilles. It was part of the Neumark district since 1537. From 1815 it belonged to the Prussian province of Brandenburg.
Notable people
Twin towns — sister cities
Sulechów is twinned with: