Człuchów

Coordinates: 53°39′N 17°22′E / 53.650°N 17.367°E / 53.650; 17.367
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Człuchów
St. Jacob's Church
St. Jacob's Church
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
77-300
Area code+48 59
Vehicle registrationGCZ
National roads
Voivodeship road
Websitehttp://www.czluchow.eu/

Człuchów [ˈt͡ʂwuxuf] ⓘ (Kashubian: Człuchòwò, Człochòwo, or Człëchòwò; German: Schlochauⓘ) is a town in the region of Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 13,350 inhabitants as of December 2021.[1] It is the capital of Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Location

Człuchów lies in a forested area in the southwest of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, at the intersection of Highway 25 from Koszalin to Bydgoszcz and Highway 22 from Gorzów Wielkopolski to Elbląg. The nearest city is Chojnice, 15 kilometres (9 miles) to the east. There are four lakes within the town limits: Urzędowe, Miejskie, Miejskie Małe, Rychnowskie.

History

Człuchów Castle

Human settlement in Człuchów dates back to prehistoric times. Several traces of the

starosts was located in the castle. Many Jews
immigrated to the town afterward, creating an enclosed Jewish quarter in the north of the town.

Encouraged by the

Catholics in 1609. By the end of the 16th century Człuchów had 45 houses. In the mid-17th century starost Jakub Wejher renovated the castle and founded the Baroque
Saint James church.

Perspective map of the battle at Człuchów, 1656

From 1655-57 during the Swedish invasion of Poland, known as the Deluge, the previously impregnable castle was captured by the Kingdom of Sweden and the town was heavily damaged.

In 1770 Człuchów had 135 houses. The town was annexed by the

church tower. The town began to grow economically after the completion through Schlochau of Reichsstraße 1, a roadway from Berlin to Königsberg. The town also received a boost to its development after the opening of a railway from Neustettin (Szczecinek) to Konitz (Chojnice) in 1878. Schlochau's main street was illuminated by 1844 and businesses began to be established near the easterly-located train station. The town's hospital was established by 1865 and the district's Sparkasse (savings bank) opened in 1871, the year Schlochau became part of the German Empire
.

Resulting from the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 following World War I, Schlochau became part of the German border zone with the Second Polish Republic, whose began 10 km (6 mi) east of the town. This negatively impacted the town's trade and economy as it was cut off from much of its hinterland (East and West Prussia), although Schlochau's population grew through immigrants from Pomeranian lands restored to Poland. In the 1920s new outlying settlements began to develop from the influx of immigrants, and the town developed a sports center and a district museum. By 1937 Schlochau had a mill, a sawmill, and a population of 6,029 by 1939.

After 1922 the town belonged to the Province of

expelled to Germany after the war in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement
as the town became again part of Poland under its historic Polish name Człuchów.

From 1975 to 1998 it was administratively located in the Słupsk Voivodeship.

Gmina and population

Historical population of Człuchów

The gmina Człuchów is 362 square kilometres (140 sq mi) and contains the following villages besides the town:

Notable people

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Człuchów is

twinned
with:

See also

  • Człuchów (PKP station)

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-07-28. Data for territorial unit 2203011.
  2. ^ Górski, Karol (1949). Związek Pruski i poddanie się Prus Polsce: zbiór tekstów źródłowych (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. pp. 56, 89.
  3. ISBN 83-85003-97-5
    .
  4. ^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2023.

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