Mirosławiec

Mirosławiec
Immaculate Conception church in Mirosławiec
Immaculate Conception church in Mirosławiec
Flag of Mirosławiec
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Coat of arms of Mirosławiec
Coat of arms
Mirosławiec is located in Poland
Mirosławiec
Mirosławiec
Coordinates: 53°20′38″N 16°5′14″E / 53.34389°N 16.08722°E / 53.34389; 16.08722
Country Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
CountyWałcz
GminaMirosławiec
Area
 • Total
2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
2,671
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
78-650
Area code+48 67
Vehicle registrationZWA

Mirosławiec [mʲirɔˈswavʲɛt͡s] (German: Märkisch Friedland) is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland, with 2,671 inhabitants (2010).

The 12th Air Base of the Polish Air Force is located 5 kilometres (3 miles) north of the town.

History

Remains of a medieval castle

Mirosławiec is a former private town, once located in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772.

During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the town.[2] On 10 February 1945 it was captured by Polish troops.

Mirosławiec was the site of the 2008 Polish Air Force C-295 crash.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18432,280—    
18712,521+10.6%
18802,498−0.9%
18902,265−9.3%
19002,233−1.4%
YearPop.±%
19101,929−13.6%
19252,062+6.9%
19501,233−40.2%
19602,513+103.8%
20102,671+6.3%
Source: [3][1]

People

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 31.
  4. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eger, Aqiba" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 09 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  5. ^ "Fedor_krause [Operative Neurosurgery]".


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