Miastko
Miastko | |
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Coordinates: 54°1′N 16°59′E / 54.017°N 16.983°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Bytów |
Gmina | Miastko |
Government | |
• Mayor | Roman Ramion |
Area | |
• Total | 5.68 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 10,738 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
Postal code | 77–200 |
Vehicle registration | GBY |
National roads | |
Voivodeship roads | |
Website | http://www.miastko.pl/ |
Miastko [ˈmʲastkɔ] (Kashubian: Miastkò; German: Rummelsburg),[1] is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland, administratively located in the Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
History
Traces of human settlement of the
From the 18th century, it was part of the
In April 1945, a Polish operation group of 22 young men arrived in the town to take over administration of the town, while the German population was largely still present.[4] The Potsdam Agreement confirmed preliminary Polish administration of the region and the native German populace was expelled. Until 1975 it was a county seat within the Koszalin Voivodeship, and from 1975 to 1998 it was administratively located in the Słupsk Voivodeship.
In 2012 a monument dedicated to the Polish Nation was unveiled in the town park.[5]
Population
- 1877: 4,783[6]
- 1950: 1,500
- 1960: 5,500
- 1970: 8,100
- 1975: 9,800
- 1980: 10,000
- 2004: 12,000
- 2016: 10,738
Transport
Miastko is located on the intersection of the national roads 20 and 21 and voivodeship road 206. There is also a railway station.
Gallery
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Lake Lednik
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Park
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Polish Nation Monument
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Town hall
Notable residents
- Julius Heinrich Franz (1847–1913) a German astronomer
- JW GROM
- Krzysztof Gliszczyński (born 1962) a Polish painter
- Ewa Gawryluk (born 1967) a Polish actress
- Wojciech Kałdowski (born 1976) a retired Polish 800 metre runner
International relations
Miastko is
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References
- ^ "Miastko". badfallingbostel.de (in German). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
- ISBN 978-83-950992-2-9.
- ^ Beata Halicka (2016). Polens Wilder Westen: erzwungene Migration und die kulturelle Aneignung des Oderraums 1945-1948. Ferdinand Schöningh. pp. 249–250.
- ^ "Pomnik Narodu Polskiego w Miastku odsłonięty (zdjęcia, wideo), "Głos Pomorza"" (in Polish). 3 May 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- ^ Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI (in Polish). Warszawa. 1885. p. 288.
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