Miastko ( csb, Miastkò; formerly german: Rummelsburg in Pommern), is a town in the

Middle Pomerania The term Middle or Central Pomerania can refer to two distinct areas, depending on whether it is used as a translation of the corresponding German or Polish terms Mittelpommern (also Mittelpommerscher Keil) or Pomorze Środkowe, respectively. } pl ...

region of northwestern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. Administratively it has since 1999 been part of

Bytów County __NOTOC__ Bytów County ( csb, bëtowsczi pòwiat, pl, powiat bytowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...

in the

Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The ...

; previously (1975–1998) it had been in

Słupsk Voivodeship Słupsk Voivodeship. was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1975 to 1998, previously part of Szczecin Voivodeship (1945–50) and Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–75), superseded (since 1999) by Pomeranian Voivode ...

History

Between 1815 and 1945 the town belonged to the

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

n Province of Pomerania. On 2 March 1945, it was taken by the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

, after which it was placed under Polish administration. In 2012 a monument dedicated to the

Polish Nation Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Cen ...

was unveiled in the town park.

Population

*1950: 1,500 *1960: 5,500 *1970: 8,100 *1975: 9,800 *1980: 10,000 *2004: 12,000 *2016: 10,738

Gallery

Miastko - Jezioro Lednik.JPG, Lake Lednik Miastko - fontanna w parku miejskim.JPG, Park Miastko - Pomnik Narodu Polskiego.JPG, Polish Nation Monument Miastko - budynek Urzędu Miejskiego.JPG, Town hall

Notable residents

Julius Heinrich Franz Julius Heinrich Franz (28 June 1847 – 28 January 1913) was a German astronomer. Franz was born in Rummelsburg, Prussian Pomerania, he studied at the Universities of Greifswald, Halle and Berlin, after which he was the principal astronomer ...

(1847–1913) a German astronomer *

Tadeusz Sapierzyński Colonel Tadeusz Sapierzyński (born 1 April 1958 in Miastko, Poland) is a Polish Army officer, former commander of the special forces unit "GROM", from 2004 until 2006.Pawel Wronski, Gazeta Wyborcza, "Zmiana dowódcy GROM-u", 2004-01-2/ref>Gazeta W ...

(born 1958) a Polish Army officer, former commander of the special forces unit

JW GROM JW GROM (full name: ''Jednostka Wojskowa GROM im. Cichociemnych Spadochroniarzy Armii Krajowej'', English: ''Military Unit GROM named in honour of the Silent Unseen of the Home Army'') is a Polish special forces unit and forms part of the Spe ...

Krzysztof Gliszczyński Krzysztof Gliszczyński (born 16 January 1962, Miastko, Poland) is a Polish painter from Sopot. He studied at the State College for Visual Arts (PWSSP) in Gdańsk between 1982–1987,Ewa Gawryluk Ewa Gawryluk (born 13 December 1967 in Miastko, Poland) is a Polish actress. A popular European film and theater actress, and widely known by her Ewa Hoffer ("Eve Hoffer") TV persona from ''Na Wspólnej'' ("The Common Folk"), Gawryluk graduated f ...

(born 1967) a Polish actress *

Wojciech Kałdowski Wojciech Kałdowski (born 16 April 1976 in Miastko) is a retired Polish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He won the bronze medals at the 1995 European Junior Championships and the 1996 European Indoor Championships an ...

(born 1976) a retired Polish 800 metre runner

International relations

Miastko is twinned with:

References

Cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship Bytów County {{Pomeranian-geo-stub