Mirosławiec () is a town in

Wałcz County __NOTOC__ Wałcz County () 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 government reforms passed ...

West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people. It was established on 1 Janua ...

, in northwestern

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, with 2,671 inhabitants (2010). The

12th Air Base The 12 Baza Bezzałogowych Statków Powietrznych () is a Polish Air Force base, located 5 km north of Mirosławiec Mirosławiec () is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland, with 2,671 inhabitants (2010 ...

of the

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is located north of the town.

History

Mirosławiec is a former

private town Private towns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were privately owned towns within the lands owned by magnates, bishops, knights and princes, among others. Amongst the most well-known former private magnate towns are Białystok, Zamość, R ...

, 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 ...

in the Greater Poland Province of the

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. It was annexed by

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in the

First Partition of Poland The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795. The growth of power in the Russian Empire threatened the Kingdom of Prussia an ...

in 1772. During

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, the Germans operated a

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subcamp of the Stalag II-B

prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...

for Allied POWs in the town. On 10 February 1945 it was captured by Polish troops. Mirosławiec was the site of the

2008 Polish Air Force C-295 crash On 23 January 2008, a Polish Air Force EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane, flying from Warsaw, crashed in Mirosławiec as it was attempting to land at the 12th Air Base, killing all 20 passengers and crew. The 20 victims on board includ ...

Demographics

People

Akiva Eiger Akiva Eiger (, also spelled Eger; , ), or Akiva Güns (8 November 1761 – 12 October 1837) was a Talmudic scholar, halakhic decisor and leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. Eiger is considered one of the greatest Talmudic ...

(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 who played a significant role in shaping Prussian and later German legal frameworks during the 19th century. A political independent, he served as State ...

(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 wor ...

(1822–1885), German businessman * Julius Wolff (1836–1902), German surgeon * Fedor Krause (1857-1937) German Neurosurgeon,

References

External links

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

History

Demographics

People

See also

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