Pyrzyce
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Pyrzyce (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Pirzëce, German: Pyritz), is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, with some 13,200 inhabitants (1998)
Capital of the Pyrzyce County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975-1998).
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[edit] History
An anonymous medieval document of ca. 850, called Bavarian Geographer mentions the tribe of Pyritzans who have 70 strongholds (Prissani civitates LXX. )
[edit] Population
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 5,500 inhabitants
1970: 8,800 inhabitants
1975: 10,800 inhabitants
1980: 11,600 inhabitants
1990: ? inhabitants
2000: 13,200 inhabitants
[edit] Famous people
[edit] External links
- Official city webpage (in Polish)
- Satellite photo from Google Maps
- Webpage about the city walls of Pyrzyce
