Miastko
Miastko
Place in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Miastko [ˈmʲastkɔ] (Kashubian: Miastkò; German: Rummelsburg),[1] is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland, administratively located in the Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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| Coordinates: 54°1′N 16°59′E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Pomeranian |
| County | Bytów |
| Gmina | Miastko |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roman Ramion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.68 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 10,738 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 77–200 |
| Vehicle registration | GBY |
| National roads |   |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
| Website | http://www.miastko.pl/ |
Traces of human settlement of the Pomeranian and Wielbark cultures and from ancient Roman times and Early Middle Ages were discovered during archaeological excavations in Miastko. The area became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Following the fragmentation of Poland, it formed part of various smaller duchies, including the Duchy of Słupsk from 1368 and Duchy of Pomerania from 1478.
From the 18th century, it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, within which it belonged to the Province of Pomerania. During World War II, the Polish resistance conducted espionage of German activity in the town.[2] In January 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the town.[3] On 2 March 1945, it was taken by the Red Army.
In April 1945, a Polish operation group of 22 young men arrived in the town to take over administration of the town, while the German population was largely still present.[4] The Potsdam Agreement confirmed preliminary Polish administration of the region and the native German populace was expelled. Until 1975 it was a county seat within the Koszalin Voivodeship, and from 1975 to 1998 it was administratively located in the Słupsk Voivodeship.
In 2012 a monument dedicated to the Polish Nation was unveiled in the town park.[5]
- 1877: 4,783[6]
- 1950: 1,500
- 1960: 5,500
- 1970: 8,100
- 1975: 9,800
- 1980: 10,000
- 2004: 12,000
- 2016: 10,738
Miastko is located on the intersection of the national roads 20 and 21 and voivodeship road 206. There is also a railway station.
- Lake Lednik
- Park
- Polish Nation Monument
- Town hall
- Julius Heinrich Franz (1847–1913) a German astronomer
- Tadeusz Sapierzyński (born 1958) a Polish Army officer, former commander of the special forces unit JW GROM
- Krzysztof Gliszczyński (born 1962) a Polish painter
- Ewa Gawryluk (born 1967) a Polish actress
- Wojciech Kałdowski (born 1976) a retired Polish 800 metre runner
Miastko is twinned with:
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- Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945 (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Zachodni. 1998. p. 625. ISBN 83-85003-97-5.
- Kaszuba, Sylwia. "Marsz 1945". In Grudziecka, Beata (ed.). Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana (in Polish). Malbork: Muzeum Miasta Malborka. p. 109. ISBN 978-83-950992-2-9.
- Beata Halicka (2016). Polens Wilder Westen: erzwungene Migration und die kulturelle Aneignung des Oderraums 1945-1948. Ferdinand Schöningh. pp. 249–250.
- "Pomnik Narodu Polskiego w Miastku odsłonięty (zdjęcia, wideo), "Głos Pomorza"" (in Polish). 3 May 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2019.