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Złocieniec

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Country
  
Gmina
  
Area
  
32.22 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 8:51 PM

County
  
Postal code
  
78-520

Population
  
13,377 (2006)

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11°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 87% Humidity

Złocieniec [zwɔˈt͡ɕeɲet͡s] (German: Falkenburg) is a town in north-western Poland region of Middle Pomerania. Located in West Pomeranian Voivodeship's Drawsko County since 1999, it was previously a part of Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–1998). The population of Złocieniec is around 12,000.

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Map of Zlocieniec, Poland

History

The official town webpage states that between the 7th and 6th century BC the area of the town was the site of a village and that the area of Western Pomerania was settled by Slavs in the 6th-8th centuries; when the town rights were established the Złocieniec webpage informs that it's highly probable that among German inhabitants of the town were also Slavs from Budów i Strzebłów-villages that were disbanded. Town laws were established by the brothers von Wedel on 13 December 1333. In 1668 the town was almost completely destroyed by a fire. During the era of Nazi Germany the Ordensburg Krössinsee was built near the town in 1934. The SA attacked the Jewish population here during Kristallnacht, later, during the Second World War a forced labour camp was established near the town, from which 31 Poles managed to escape. After World War II the town was handed over to Poland by the Allies per the Potsdam Conference, with Poles being transferred from the East while Germans were expelled to the west.

Notable residents

  • Caspar Brülow (1585–1627) scholar and dramatist
  • Otto Neitzel (1852–1920), composer
  • Ullrich Haupt (1887–1931), actor
  • Rudolf Katz (1895–1961), politician
  • Population statistics

  • 1666: 990
  • 1880: 4,009
  • 1925: 5,529
  • 1939: 8,623
  • 1950: 7,550
  • 1960: 8,400
  • 1970: 10,200
  • 1975: 11,500
  • 1980: 12,000
  • 1990: 18,000
  • 2000: 22,000
  • 2005: 28,000
  • Twin towns — sister cities

    Złocieniec is twinned with:

  • Bad Segeberg, Germany
  • Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland
  • Koserow, Germany
  • Pyrzyce, Poland
  • References

    Złocieniec Wikipedia