Dębno
Dębno | |
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 Dębno | |
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UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 74-400 |
| Area code | +48 95 |
| Vehicle registration | ZMY |
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| Website | http://www.debno.pl/ |
Dębno [ˈdɛmbnɔ] (German: Neudamm) is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,443.[1]
Despite its location in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Dębno is part of the historic Lubusz Land.
Dębno is known for hosting the oldest marathon in Poland (since 1969), one of the five marathons included in the Crown of Polish Marathons, along with marathons in Kraków, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław.[2]
The Dębno oil field is located near the town.
History
After the
Luxembourg dynasty. In 1402, the Luxembourgs reached an agreement with Poland in Kraków. Poland was to buy and re-incorporate the town and the surrounding region,[3] but eventually the Luxembourgs sold it to the Teutonic Order
, which remained in power until 1454.
During World War II, the Germans operated a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in the town.[4]
Notable residents
- Franz Alexander von Kleist (1769–1797), poet
- Franz Hilgendorf(1839–1904), zoologist and paleontologist
- Friedrich W. K. Müller (1863–1930), German scholar of oriental cultures and languages
- Arthur Hübner (1885–1937) a German philologist, researched German literature from the Middle Ages
- Antoni Dobrowolski (1904–2012) a Polish educator and the oldest known survivor of Auschwitz
- Joanna Szarawaga(born 1994) a Polish handballer for GTPR Gdynia and the Polish national team
International relations
Dębno signed partnership agreements with:[5]
Strausberg, Germany (1978)
Renkum, Netherlands (1990)
Tczew, Poland (2000)
Terezín, Czech Republic (2003)- Nowy Tomyśl, Poland (2010)
- Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland (2022)
- Postomino, Poland (2022)
See also
- Coat of arms of Dębno
References
- ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-07-30. Data for territorial unit 3210034.
- ^ "Korona Maratonów Polskich 2018: biegi, taktyka, porady - w Runner's World".
- ^ Rogalski, Leon (1846). Dzieje Krzyżaków oraz ich stosunki z Polską, Litwą i Prussami, poprzedzone rysem dziejów wojen krzyżowych. Tom II (in Polish). Warszawa. pp. 59–60.
- ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
- ^ "Miasta Partnerskie". debno.pl (in Polish). Dębno. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
External links
- Official town webpage
- Jewish Community in Dębno on Virtual Shtetl
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