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Sulechów
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| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Lubusz | ||
| County | Zielona Góra | ||
| Gmina | Sulechów | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Roman Rakowski | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 17,416 | ||
| • Density | 2,561.2/km2 (6,633.4/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 66-100 | ||
| Car plates | FZI | ||
| Website | http://www.sulechow.pl | ||
Sulechów [suˈlɛxuf] (German: Züllichau) is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Zielona Góra County. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Sulechów.
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The area by 990 had been conquered by Duke Mieszko I of Poland and from 1138 was part of the Duchy of Silesia. The settlement was first mentioned in 1319, when Margrave Waldemar of Ascania had conquered Sulechów for Brandenburg. Waldemar however died in the same year, and the locality fell back to the Piast duchy of Głogów.
In 1482 Duke Jan II the Mad finally had to cede Sulechów together with the neighbouring town of Krosno to Brandenburg under Elector Albert III Achilles. A part of the Neumark district since 1537, Züllichau from 1815 belonged to the Prussian province of Brandenburg. In 1945 it fell to Poland with the implementation of the Oder-Neisse line according to the Potsdam Agreement.
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