Gmina Tuczno Population 1,965 (2006) | Postal code 78-640 Area 9.28 km² Local time Sunday 8:10 AM | |
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Weather 0°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 94% Humidity Voivodeship | ||
Tuczno [ˈtut͡ʂnɔ] (German: Tütz) is a town and former pre-diocesan Catholic see in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, with 2,014 inhabitants (2004).
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Map of Tuczno, Poland
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany. For more on its history, see Wałcz County.
It is the home of the restored Tuczno Castle, which is a popular place for conferences.
In Tuczno there is the first street in Poland named Michael Jackson Street (1-2.08.2009).
History
The first written evidence of Tuczno come from year 1306. In 1338, the castle Tuczno Castle was established. Before 1945, the area was part of Germany,.
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Ecclesiastical History
In 1923.05.01 was established the permanent Apostolic Administration of Tütz (German; Tuczno in Polish) on canonical territories split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and Diocese of Chełmno, but when the Apostolic Administration (exempt) was promoted on 1930.08.13, it was also renamed after its new see, as Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl (German; in 1945 renamed in Polish Piła).