Sławno

Coordinates: 54°22′N 16°41′E / 54.367°N 16.683°E / 54.367; 16.683
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Sławno
Medieval brick gate (Brama Koszalińska)
Medieval brick gate (Brama Koszalińska)
Car plates
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Websitehttp://slawno.pl

Sławno [ˈswavnɔ] (Kashubian: Słôwno, German: Schlawe) is a town on the Wieprza river in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland, with 12,511 inhabitants (2019). It is the administrative seat of Gmina Sławno, though not part of it. The town is also the capital of Sławno County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Sławno is a railway junction on the major Gdańsk–Szczecin line, with access to secondary importance connections to Darłowo and Korzybie. It is also a stop on the European route E28 running parallel to the south coast of the Baltic Sea between the cities of Koszalin and Słupsk.

History

Sławno about 1618

The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under

fragmentation of Poland
(Pomerania in the 12th century, and Pomerelia in the 13th century).

Koszalińska Street, postcard from 1912

Swietopelk II prevailed, his son

Poland. In 1308 Brandenburg invaded the region and Waldemar of Ascania finally separated Sławno from Pomerelia, which he sold to the Teutonic Order by the 1309 Treaty of Soldin. He nevertheless lost the town to the Griffin duke Wartislaw IV of Pomerania
in 1317, whereafter Sławno remained a part of the Griffin-ruled Pomeranian duchies until 1637.

Duke Wartislaw IV enfeoffed Peter von Neuenburg of the

Brandenburg-Prussia. Devastated throughout the Thirty Years' War, the town was allotted to the Brandenburg Province of Pomerania by the 1653 Treaty of Stettin
.

During World War II, the Polish resistance was active, and Polish underground press was distributed in the town.[5] Sławno suffered heavy destruction during the war. With the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, its German population was expelled in accordance with the Potsdam Agreement and it was handed over back to Poland.

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

Church of the Assumption of Mary
Słupsk Gate
Town Hall
Post office

Population

  • 1791: 1,682 inhabitants
  • 1852: 4,382 inhabitants
  • 1875: 5,141 inhabitants
  • 1910: 6,620 inhabitants
  • 1939: 9,746 inhabitants
  • 1947: 4,800 inhabitants (estimated)
  • 1960: 8,600 inhabitants
  • 1970: 10,800 inhabitants
  • 1975: 11,500 inhabitants
  • 1980: 12,700 inhabitants
  • 2002: 15,000 inhabitants
  • 2019: 12,511 inhabitants

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Sławno is twinned with:[6]

Sławno is also a partner city with:

References

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ Labuda, Gerard (1993). "Chrystianizacja Pomorza (X–XIII stulecie)". Studia Gdańskie (in Polish). Vol. IX. Gdańsk-Oliwa. p. 47.
  3. ^ Erich Hoffmann, Die Bedeutung der Schlacht von Bornhöved für die deutsche und skandinavische Geschichte, in: Zeitschrift des Vereins für Lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde, vol. 57. 1977. p. 9-37, here p. 15.
  4. ^ Christiansen, Eric (1997). The Northern Crusades (2nd ed.). Penguin Books. pp. 105–108. ISBN 0-14-026653-4.
  5. ISBN 978-83-8229-411-8
    .
  6. ^ "Miasta partnerskie". slawno.pl (in Polish). Sławno. Retrieved 2020-03-04.

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