Polanów () is a town in northern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, located in the

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

of the

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 ...

. It has 2,949 inhabitants (2017).

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 13th century, and was granted

town rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

in 1313 under

Lübeck law The Lübeck law () was the family of codified municipal law developed at Lübeck, which became a free imperial city in 1226 and is located in present-day Schleswig-Holstein. It was the second most prevalent form of municipal law in medieval and e ...

. The town was almost completely destroyed during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Points of interest

* Gołogóra transmitter, a facility for FM-/TV-broadcasting with 2 guyed masts, which are 271 respectively 115 metres tall * Historic churches: Church of the Assumption, Exaltation of the Holy Cross church * Zalew Polanowski (artificial lake) * Historical watermill complex Zbudowana w XV wieku wieża gotyckiego kościoła Wniebowzięcia NMP w Polanowie - panoramio.jpg, Church of the Assumption Polanów - kościół , ul.Sławieńska 1.JPG, Exaltation of the Holy Cross church Zalew Polanowski.JPG, Zalew Polanowski

Demographics

Town twinning

Polanów is twinned with: *

Gedern Gedern () is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hesse, Germany, and historically belongs to Upper Hesse, Oberhessen. It is located northeast of Hanau at the foot of the Vogelsberg Mountains, Vogelsberg, one of the largest inactive volcanoes ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

* Rothenklempenow, Germany

Notable people

Julius Leopold Pagel Julius Leopold Pagel (29 May 1851, Pollnow – 30 January 1912, Berlin) was a German physician and historian of medicine. Biography Pagel was educated at the gymnasium at Stolp and at the University of Berlin (M.D. 1875). In 1876 he establ ...

(1851–1912), German physician and historian of medicine.

References

External links

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