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 belonged to Greater Poland Voivodeship and Czarnków-Trzcianka County. Previously it was located in Piła Voivodeship (1975–1998). Trzcianka has 17,131 inhabitants (May 2007). From 1772 to 1945 the town was part of the German-speaking state of Prussia (Kingdom of Prussia 1772–1918; Free State of Prussia 1918–1945) and its name was Schönlanke.

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
• 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)