Tuczno (german: Tütz, earlier ''Tietz'') is a

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and former pre-

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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 ...

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in northwestern

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, with 2,014 inhabitants (2004). It is the home of the restored

Tuczno Castle Tuczno Castle (German: ''Schloss Tütz'') is a castle in Tuczno, Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, northwestern Poland. It is now refurbished and the site of a hotel. Between 1920 and 1927 Tuczno Castle seated the Apostolic Administratio ...

, which is a popular place for

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. There is a

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Street in Tuczno, the first of its kind in Poland.

History

The first written evidence of Tuczno dates from year 1306. In 1338,

was erected.Szpital w Tucznie
1338
accessdate: June 3, 2017 Before 1772 Tuczno was part of the Kingdom of Poland as part of

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. In 1772 it was annexed by

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, in 1871 became part of

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, and became again part of Poland in 1945.

Landmarks

* Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Ecclesiastical History

In 1923.05.01 was established the permanent

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(German; Tuczno in

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) on

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split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gniezno and

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, but when the Apostolic Administration (exempt) was promoted on 1930.08.13, it was also renamed after its new

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, as

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(German; in 1945 renamed in Polish Piła).

References

Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Wałcz County {{WestPomeranian-geo-stub it:Tuczno

History

Landmarks

Ecclesiastical History

See also

References