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Szczecinek (help·info) [ʂt͡ʂɛˈt͡ɕinɛk] (German: Neustettin; Kashubian: Nowé Sztetëno; Swedish: Nien Stettin; Latin: Nova Stetin;) is the one of biggest towns of West Pomeranian Voivodeship (northwestern Poland). In 2007 the urban area had a population of 39,777. Szczecinek is the capital of Szczecinek County.
[edit] History
[edit] Foundation and etymology
In 1310, the castle and town was founded under Lübeck law by Duke Wartislaw IV of Pomerania-Wolgast and modelled after the city of Stettin (now Szczecin) situated about 150 km to the west. The initial name was "Neustettin" ("New Stettin"). It was also known as "Klein Stettin" ("Little Stettin"). In 1707, Polish exonyms were Nowoszczecin and Mały Szczecin, which gradually developed into the modern name Szczecinek which replaced the "Neustettin" as the city's official name after the town became Polish in 1945.
[edit] German town
The town was fortified to face the Brandenburgers, with a wall and palisades. In 1356 Neustettin was hit by the plague. Thankful for their survival, the Dukes Bogislaw V, Barnim IV and Wartislaw V founded the Augustine monastery called Marienthron, on the Mönchsberg on the southern bank of lake Streizigsee (nowadays Trzesicko Lake). Under Duke Wartislaw VII Neustettin was from 1376 to 1395 seat of his Duchy. Afterwards, it was ruled by Pommeranian Duchy Rügenwalde (until 1418), Wolgast ( until 1474) and Stettin (until 1618).
On 15 September 1423, the "great day of Neustettin", the Pomeranian dukes, the Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order and Nordic king Eric VII of Denmark met to discuss defense against the treaty of Brandenburg and Poland. In 1461 Neustettin was sacked, looted and burned by Polish troops and Tatars because King Casimir IV wanted to take revenge on Eric II of Pomerania-Wolgast who supported the Teutonic Knights.
In1648 at the end of the Thirty Years War Neustettin became a part of Brandenburg- Prussia, and in 1701 under the crown of the Kingdom of Prussia.
[edit] Polish town
Overlooking Lake Trzesiecko
In 1945, the Red Army occupied the town and placed it under Polish, Soviet controlled communist administration. The German population fled or was expelled and the town was resettled with Poles many of whom were expelled from Eastern Poland annexed in 1945 by the Soviet Union.
[edit] Education
[edit] Primary schools
- Adam Mickiewicz Primary School No. 1
- Armia Krajowa Primary School No. 4
- Zdobywców Wału Pomorskiego Primary School No. 6
- Noblistów Polskich Primary School No. 7
- Integration Primary School
- Social Primary School
[edit] Gymnasia
- United Europe Gymnasium No. 1
- Jan III Sobieski Gymnasium No. 2
- Gymnasium No. 3
- Gymnasium at the Private Secondary School
- Integration Gymnasium
- Social Gymnasium
[edit] Secondary schools
- Duchess Elizabeth Secondary School No. 1
- Komisja Edukacji Narodowej Secondary School No. 1
- Duke Warcisław IV Secondary Schools No. 2
- Secondary Schools No. 3
- Secondary Schools No. 5
- Private Secondary School
- Social Secondary School
[edit] Graduate Schools
- Wyższa Szkoła Kupiecka in Łódź, branch in Szczecinek
[edit] Historical population
- 1940: 19,900 inhabitants (mostly Germans)
- 1945: 11,800 inhabitants (8,300 Poles and 3,500 Germans)
- 1950: 15,100 inhabitants (mostly Poles)
- 1960: 22,800 inhabitants
- 1970: 28,700 inhabitants
- 1975: 32,900 inhabitants
- 1980: 35,700 inhabitants
- 1990: 41,400 inhabitants
- 1995: 42,300 inhabitants
- 2000: 38,928 inhabitants
[edit] Notable residents
[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — sister cities
Szczecinek is twinned with:
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 53°43′N 16°42′E / 53.717°N 16.7°E / 53.717; 16.7
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