Połczyn-Zdrój

Połczyn-Zdrój Castle

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Połczyn-Zdrój

Coordinates: 53°46′N 16°6′E / 53.767°N 16.100°E

Country

Poland

Area

• Total

7.21 km² (2.78 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

8,572

• Density

1,200/km² (3,100/sq mi)

Postal code

78-320

Area Code

(+48) 94

Vehicle registration

UDF

Website

www.polczyn-zdroj.pl

Połczyn-Zdrój [ˈpɔu̯t͡ʂɨn ˈzdrui̯] (German: Bad Polzin) is a town in Świdwin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 11,153 inhabitants (2007).

The town and its castle are mentioned in historical records from 1321 and 1331, respectively, which state that they belonged to a fief that the powerful noble family of Wedell had obtained from the Pomeranian dukes.^[1] In the 15th century other families were in possession of the town. It had three mineral springs of enhanced iron content and with a temperature between 9 and 11 °C (48 and 52 °F), which were exploited in sanatoriums in order to cure rheumatism. In 1905 the town had a population of 5,046 which in the year of 1925 had grown to 5,960 persons.

Before World War I, the town was known as Polzin. It acquired the name Bad Polzin (i. e., "Bath Polzin") between the two World Wars.^[2] In March 1945 the region was occupied by the Red Army, and after the end of World War II it became part of Poland. The German inhabitants were expelled. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Notable residents

Robert Atzorn (born 1945), German actor
Friedl Behn-Grund (1906–1989), German cinematographer
Susan Denberg (born 1944), German-Austrian model and actress
Bernd Heinrich (born 1940), biologist
Janusz Janowski (born 1965), Polish painter, jazz drummer, art theorist
Piotr Kosiorowski (born 1981), Polish footballer
Olgierd Moskalewicz (born 1974), Polish footballer
Sławomir Nitras (born 1973), Polish politician
Szymon Pawłowski (born 1986), Polish footballer
Karl Schröder (1884–1950), German politician
Volker Vogeler (1930–2005), German director
Stanisław Wziątek (born 1959), Polish politician
Rosemarie Zens (born 1944), German author

References

↑ Heinrich Berghaus: Landbuch des Herzogtums Pommern und des Fürstentums Rügen. Part III, Vol. 1, Anklam 1867, pp. 690-704, in German (Online)
↑ JewishGen page for Połczyn-Zdrój

External links

Official town webpage

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Coordinates: 53°46′N 16°06′E / 53.767°N 16.100°E / 53.767; 16.100

Gmina Połczyn-Zdrój

Town and seat	Połczyn-Zdrój

Villages	Bolkowo Borkowo Borucino Bronówko Bronowo Brusno Brzękowice Brzozowica Buślarki Buślary Czarnkowie Dobino Dziwogóra Gaworkowo Gawroniec Głażówka Grabno Gromnik Grzybnica Imienko Jaźwiny Jelonki Kapice Karsin Karwie Kłokówko Kłokowo Kocury Kołacz Kołaczek Łąkówko Łęgi Łężek Lipno Łośnica Międzyborze Milice Niemierzyno Nowe Borne Nowe Ludzicko Nowe Resko Nowy Toporzyk Ogartówko Ogartowo Ogrodno Ostre Bardo Ostrowąs Pasieka Plebanówka Połczyńska Popielawy Popielewice Popielewko Popielewo Porąbka Prosno Przyrówko Przyrowo Redło Rzęsna Sękorady Skarbimierz Słowianki Smogorze Stare Resko Strosławiec Sucha Szeligowo Toporzyk Tychówko Wardyń Dolny Wardyń Górny Widów Zaborze Zajączkówko Zajączkowo Zdroiska Zdroje Żołędno

Geography of Pomerania

Regions

Current	Vorpommern (Western or Hither Pomerania) Zachodniopomorskie Pomerelia Kashubia Pomorskie Pomerania euroregion

Former	Farther Pomerania Circipania Lauenburg and Bütow Land Lands of Schlawe and Stolp

Administration

Towns

Lists

List of towns in Vorpommern
List of towns in Farther Pomerania
Pomeranian cities, towns and villages
List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania
- A–H
- I–P
- Q–Z

Largest

>100,000	Tricity Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Szczecin Koszalin

>50,000	Słupsk Stargard Szczeciński Stralsund Greifswald

Islands

Peninsulae

Rivers

Lakes

Bays, lagoons

National parks

History of Pomerania

Administrative

Western Pomerania Farther Pomerania (before 1945)	Billung March Northern March Principality of Rügen Duchy of Pomerania House of Pomerania List of Dukes Cammin Gützkow Schlawe-Stolp Lauenburg-Bütow Partitions Pomerania-Stolp Swedish Pomerania Brandenburgian Pomerania (Draheim) Province of Pomerania 1815–1945 Neumark Köslin Region Stettin Region Stralsund Region Posen-West Prussia Region List of placenames Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Zachodniopomorskie (after 1945)	Szczecin Voivodeship Koszalin Voivodeship Słupsk Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomerelia (Kashubia)	Medieval duchies (Samborides) State of the Teutonic Order Royal Prussia (Pomeranian Voivodeship 1466–1772) Free City of Danzig 1807–1814 West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship 1919–1939 (Polish Corridor) Free City of Danzig 1920–1939 Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ecclesiastical

Roman Catholic

Historical	Conversion of Pomerania Diocese of Kolberg (Congress of Gniezno) Diocese of Cammin Diocese of Culm Diocese of Roskilde Diocese of Włocławek (Leslau) Prelature of Schneidemühl

Extant	Archdiocese of Berlin Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Pelplin

Protestant

Demography

Archaeological cultures

Peoples

Major demographic events

Languages and dialects

West Germanic	Low German Low Prussian Pomeranian Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch East Pomeranian Standard German

West Slavic	Polabian Polish Pomeranian Kashubian Slovincian

Treaties

1200–1500	Kremmen (1236) Landin (1250) Kępno (1282) Soldin (1309) Templin (1317) Stralsund (1354) Stralsund (1370) Thorn (1411) Soldin (1466) Thorn (1466) Prenzlau (1448 / 1472 / 1479) Pyritz (1493)

1500–1700	Grimnitz (1529) Stettin (1570) Franzburg (1627) Stettin (1630) Westphalia (1648) Stettin (1653) Labiau (1656) Wehlau and Bromberg (1657) Oliva (1660) Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) Lund (1679)

1700–present	Stockholm (1719 / 1720) Frederiksborg (1720) Kiel (1814) Vienna (1815) Versailles (1919) Potsdam (1945)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 140922121 GND: 4046740-5

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