Świdwin
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Świdwin (German: Schivelbein) is a town in Middle Pomerania, north-western Poland with some 15,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Swidwin County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Koszalin Voivodeship (1950-1998).
The town is formerly part of Prussia and Germany; together with much of the rest of Pomerania, it was transferred to Poland after the end of World War II. Świdwin is the birthplace (in 1821) of German pathologist and anthropologist Rudolf Virchow.
- Postal code: 78-300 and 78-301.
- Area code: +(0)48-(0)94
- Car designation: ZSD
[edit] Population
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 10.000 inhabitants
1970: 12.600 inhabitants
1975: 13.500 inhabitants
1980: 14.000 inhabitants
1990: ? inhabitants
2000:
2004: 17,000 inhabitants
[edit] External links
(in Polish)
- http://www.swidwin.pl/
- http://www.powiatswidwinski.pl/ - homepage of the county
- http://www.zsrckpswidwin.neostrada.pl/
- http://www.swidwin.mns.pl/
