Dziwnów
Dziwnów | |
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![]() Aerial view of Dziwnów along the Baltic Sea | |
Coordinates: 54°1′N 14°45′E / 54.017°N 14.750°ECoordinates: 54°1′N 14°45′E / 54.017°N 14.750°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | ![]() |
County | Kamień |
Gmina | Dziwnów |
First mentioned | 1243 |
Town rights | 2004 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Grzegorz Jóźwiak |
Area | |
• Total | 4.93 km2 (1.90 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2021[1]) | |
• Total | 2,595 |
• Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 72-420 |
Area code | +48 91 |
Car plates | ZKA |
Website | https://www.dziwnow.pl |
Dziwnów [ˈd͡ʑivnuf] (formerly German: Dievenow) is a town in north-western Poland situated on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the river Dziwna which divides it into the right-bank part containing the center of the town, belonging to historical Farther Pomerania, while the left-bank part is located in Western Pomerania, with both parts connected through a bascule bridge. It is a part and the seat of the eponymous Dziwnów municipality within Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,595.[1]
History
The battle at Julin Bridge took place nearby in 1170, but the oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1243.[2] It remained a small fishing village until the 19th century, when it began to transform into a holiday resort.[2] At the end of the 19th century, salt springs were discovered, and the first sanatorium was established.[2] In the 1930s, military barracks were built.[2] During World War II, in June 1944, Americans conducted air raids on the German garrison in the village.[2] The historic church was destroyed in the final stages of the war. At the end of World War II, Polish troops entered the village in May 1945.[2] The German population was subsequently expelled and replaced by Polish settlers.
In 1949 and 1950 in the local garrison there was a military hospital for Greeks and Macedonians wounded in the Greek Civil War.[2][3] In total, around 2,000 people were treated there.[3] Later on, in the 1950s, the hospital staff co-created the Military Medical Academy in Łódź.[2] In 1958 Dziwnów was granted urban-type settlement status and afterwards a port was built.[2] The development of the settlement in the following decades led to the granting of municipal rights in 2004.[2] From 1964 to 1986, the 1st Assault Battalion, which was considered one of the best trained units in the history of the Polish Army, was stationed in Dziwnów.[4]
International relations
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland (2014)
Sosnowiec, Poland (2013)
Werneuchen, Germany (1993)
Gallery
References
- ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-08-02. Data for territorial unit 3207014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Historia Dziwnowa". dziwnów.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ a b Izabela Kubasiewicz, Emigranci z Grecji w Polsce Ludowej. Wybrane aspekty z życia mniejszości, p. 116-117 (in Polish)
- ^ "1 Batalion Szturmowy". dziwnów.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "Miasta Partnerskie". dziwnow.pl (in Polish). Gmina Dziwnów. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
External links
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