Sępólno Krajeńskie

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Sępólno Krajeńskie

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Sępólno Krajeńskie

Coordinates: 53°27′0″N 17°31′48″E / 53.45, 17.53

Country

Poland

Government

- Mayor

Waldemar Stupałkowski

Area

- Total

5.82 km² (2.2 sq mi)

Population (2006)

- Total

9,258

- Density

1,590.7/km² (4,120/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

89-400

Car plates

CSE

Website: http://www.gmina-sepolno.pl

Sępólno Krajeńskie [sɛmˈpulnɔ kraˈjɛɲskjɛ] (German: Zempelburg) is a town in Poland, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 63 km northwest of Bydgoszcz. It is the capital of Sępólno County (powiat sępoleński) and has a population of 9,174 (2004).

1 History
2 Inhabitants
3 Surrounding villages
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The town was founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1309 as Zempelburg and received Magdeburg rights in 1360. It was located in the valley of the Zempolna River (Sępólna), which flooded the old castle because of its proximity to a nearby lake.

In 1466 the town passed to Poland as part of the province of Royal Prussia. It was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Zempelburg became part of the Duchy of Warsaw from 1807-1815 during the Napoleonic Wars, after which it was restored to Prussia. In 1871 the town became part of the Prussian-led German Empire. Zempelburg was a center for the textile and shoemaking industries.

Zempelburg belonged to Landkreis Flatow until 1920, when it was transferred to the Second Polish Republic after the Treaty of Versailles. The town, known as Sępólno in Polish, became the seat of Sępólno County. Sępólno was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1939 and made the seat of Landkreis Zempelburg. The town was liberated in 1945 and restored to Poland.

Landmarks of Sępólno Krajeńskie include a Protestant church in the market built in 1857.

[edit] Inhabitants

1910: 3,818
1920: 3,513
1943: 5,207

[edit] Surrounding villages

Dziechowo (Sechau)
Grochowiec (Müllerhof)
Iłowo (Illowo bzw. Ihlau)
Jazdrowo (Jasdrowo bzw. Hirschhagen)
Kawle (Friedrichsborn)
Komierowo (Wallbusch)
Lutowo (Großlutau)
Lutówko (Kleinlutau)
Niechorz (Nichors bzw. Neuhorst)
Piaseczna (Petznick)
Radońsk (Waldraden)
Sikorz (Schönhorst)
Skarpa (Skarpi bzw. Scharfenort)
Świdwie (Schwiede)
Teklanowo, Trzciany (Zahn), Wałdowo (Waldau bzw. Dorfwaldau)
Wałdówko (Waldowke bzw. Hofwaldau)
Wilkowo (Wulfsiedel)
Wiśniewa (Groß Wisniewke bzw. Kirschwiesen)
Wiśniewka (Klein Wisniewke bzw. Kirschhöhe)
Włościbór (Großloßburg)
Wysoka (Hohenfelde)
Zalesie (Salesch bzw. Hüllerbruch)
Zboże (Grünlinde)

[edit] References

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of August 31, 2006.

[edit] External links

Official town website (Polish)
Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl (Polish)

Coordinates: 53°27′N, 17°32′E

v • d • e Sępólno County

Seat: Sępólno Krajeńskie Urban-rural gminas: Gmina Kamień Krajeński • Gmina Sępólno Krajeńskie • Gmina Więcbork Rural gmina: Gmina Sośno