Łobez (german: Labes) is a town on the river

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, within the

West Pomeranian Voivodeship The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was ...

. It is the capital of

Łobez County __NOTOC__ Łobez County ( pl, powiat łobeski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Łobez, which lies east of the ...

, and has a population of 10,066 (2019).

The name

The name Łobez comes from the

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''łobuzie'' (meaning "bushes").

History

In the 12th century Łobez was a Slavic

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located within

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and after the fragmentation of Poland into smaller duchies within the Griffin-ruled

Duchy of Pomerania The Duchy of Pomerania (german: Herzogtum Pommern; pl, Księstwo Pomorskie; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country ha ...

until its dissolution in 1637. Łobez was first mentioned in a document from 1271, according to which a knight named Borko, who was also the Castellan of nearby Kołobrzeg, was the owner of the town. By 1275 Łobez received

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. A castle was built in the 13th century.

Demographics

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Mayors

Notable residents

Otto Puchstein Otto Puchstein (6 July 1856, Labes – 9 March 1911, Berlin) was a German classical archaeologist. From 1875 to 1879 he studied philology, classical archaeology and Egyptology at the University of Strasbourg, where his instructors include ...

(1856–1911) a German classical archaeologist

International relations

Łobez is twinned with:

Bibliography

* Adam Kogut, Anna Dargiewicz, Barbara Smolska Nazarek: ''Gmina i miasto Łobez. przewodnik turystyczny / Gemeinde und Stadt Łobez. Reiseführer / Łobez commune and town. Tourist guidebook.'' Polish - German - English, 64 p., 2001, . * Gmina Łobez (Hrsg.): ''Łobez''. pictures from past to present, Polish - German - English, 82 p., 2004, .

References

External links

Official town webpage

- (German site) * ttp://pl.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%C5%81obez Tourist Information {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobez Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Łobez County