Trzcianka

For other places with the same name, see Trzcianka (disambiguation).

Trzcianka
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Trzcianka
Coordinates: 53°3′N 16°28′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Czarnków-Trzcianka
Gmina	Trzcianka
Area
• Total	18.25 km2 (7.05 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	16,756
• Density	920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Postal code	64-980
Website	http://www.trzcianka.pl

Trzcianka [ˈtʂt͡ɕaŋka] (German: Schönlanke) is a town in the Greater Poland region in Poland. Since 1999, it has been part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship and Czarnków-Trzcianka County. From 1975–1998, it was located in the Piła Voivodeship. In May 2007, Trzcianka had 17,131 inhabitants.

There is a mention of Trzcianka in a document dated 1245, when Duke Boleslaus V of Poland gave the land in the Noteć river valley to a nobleman named Sędziwój of Czarnków. There were initially three villages of Biała, Gulcz, and Rozdróżka. The new name of these three combined villages was Trzciana Laka, which was subsequently changed to Trzcianka in the 17th century.

Soviet troops marching towards Berlin from the east entered Schönlanke on 27 January 1945. In that course, about 500 people committed suicide.

Famous people

• Michael Solomon Alexander, first Protestant Bishop of Jerusalem was born here
• Andrzej Aumiller – an MP was born here
• Krystian Feciuch - footballer
• Hubert Mickley (1918–1944), Wehrmacht officer
• Max Raphael - German-American art historian of art of the Upper Paleolithic

External links

• Official page (English, German, Polish)
• Unofficial site of the city ( Polish)