Mirosławiec (german: Märkisch Friedland; csb, Frédlądk) is a town in

Wałcz County __NOTOC__ Wałcz County ( pl, powiat wałecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local govern ...

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 i ...

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 ...

, with 4,837 inhabitants (2007). The

12th Air Base The 12 Baza Bezzałogowych Statków Powietrznych ( en, 12th Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Base) is a Polish Air Force base, located 5 km north of Mirosławiec. It was constituted as 12 Baza Lotnicza on 1 January 2001. In 2008, it was the site o ...

of the

Polish Air Force The Polish Air Force ( pl, Siły Powietrzne, , Air Forces) is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as ''Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej'' (). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 mil ...

is located north of the town. Mirosławiec is a former

private town A private town is a town owned by a private person or a family. History of Private Towns in Poland In the history of Poland, private towns (''miasta prywatne'') were towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights, princes, etc. A ...

, once located in the

Poznań Voivodeship Poznań Voivodeship was the name of several former administrative regions (''województwo'', rendered as ''voivodeship'' and usually translated as "province") in Poland, centered on the city of Poznań, although the exact boundaries changed over t ...

of the

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Latin: ''Corona Regni Poloniae''), known also as the Polish Crown, is the common name for the historic Late Middle Ages territorial possessions of the King of Poland, includ ...

People

* Knobelsdorff, German Wiki (ca.14th) noble family, founders of Märkisch Friedland *

Akiva Eiger Rabbi Akiva Eiger (, also spelled Eger; , yi, עקיבא אייגער), or Akiva Güns (17611837) was an outstanding Talmudic scholar, influential halakhic decisor and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. He was also ...

(1761-1837) Rabbi in Märkisch Friedland 1791 until 1815 *

Philipp Phoebus Philipp Phoebus (23 May 1804, Märkisch-Friedland in West Prussia – 1 July 1880, Gießen) was a German physician and pharmacologist. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin, obtaining his doctorate in 1827. Afterwards he continued his ...

(1804–1880), German physician and pharmacologist *

Benjamin Liebermann Benjamin Liebermann was a German textile manufacturer.Heinrich von Friedberg Heinrich von Friedberg (27 January 1813 – 2 June 1895) was a German jurist and statesman. Friedberg was born in Märkisch Friedland in West Prussia. He studied law at the University of Berlin, earning his degree in 1836. He was attached to th ...

(1813–1895), German jurist and statesman *

Joseph Abraham Stargardt Joseph Abraham Stargardt (17 June 1822 – 30 April 1885) was a German bookseller and business partner of Paul Julius Reuter. Stargardt was born in Märkisch Friedland, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia (Mirosławiec, Poland). He started to work ...

(1822–1885), German businessman * Julius Wolff (1836–1902), German surgeon *

Fedor Krause Fedor Krause (10 March 1857 – in Friedland in Niederschlesien; 20 September 1937 in Bad Gastein) was a German neurosurgeon who was native of Friedland (Lower Silesia). Biography He originally studied music at the Conservatoire in Berl ...

(1857-1937) German Neurosurgeon,

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Official town webpage
Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Wałcz County {{WestPomeranian-geo-stub

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