Sarbinowo (german: Zorndorf) is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Dębno, within
Myślibórz County
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Myślibórz County ( pl, powiat myśliborski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship (a voivodeship, or province that is found in northwestern Poland along the German borde ...
,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.
It lies approximately south of
Dębno
Dębno (german: Neudamm) is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,443.
After the Migration Period, the area was populated by West Slavic peoples since t ...
, south-west of
Myślibórz
Myślibórz (pronounced ; german: Soldin; csb, Żôłdzëno) is a town in northwestern Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of the Powiat of Myślibórz (powiat myśliborski), with a population of 11,867. It is home to th ...
, and south of the regional capital
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...
. The village has a population of 490.
Originally a
West Slavic settlement, the village was first mentioned in 1261 as ''Torbarmstorp'', a possession of the
Knights Templar
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. By 1335 it was known as ''Tzorbensdorf'' in the
Neumark region of the
Margraviate of Brandenburg. In 1540 it fell to
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin
John of Brandenburg-Küstrin (german: Johann von Brandenburg-Küstrin, or ; 3 August 1513 – 13 January 1571), was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and a Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin.
Life
John was the younger son of Joachim I Nes ...
. It was the scene of the
Battle of Zorndorf, in which the
Prussians under
Frederick the Great fought the
Russians commanded by
William Fermor
William Fermor (russian: Ви́л Ви́ллимович Фермор, translit=Víllim Víllimovich Fermor) was an Imperial Russian Army officer best known for leading his country’s army at the Battle of Zorndorf during the Seven Years’ War. ...
, on August 25, 1758.
The battle was one of the bloodiest battles of the
Seven Years' War. Zorndorf became part of the
Province of Brandenburg in 1815 and the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
in 1871.
After Germany's defeat in
World War II it became part of Poland.
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarbinowo, Gmina Debno
Villages in Myślibórz County