Lipka, Złotów County

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places with the same name, see Lipka (disambiguation).
Lipka
Village
Gmina Lipka municipal office
Gmina Lipka municipal office
Lipka is located in Poland
Lipka
Lipka
Coordinates: 53°29′50″N 17°15′3″E / 53.49722°N 17.25083°E / 53.49722; 17.25083Coordinates: 53°29′50″N 17°15′3″E / 53.49722°N 17.25083°E / 53.49722; 17.25083
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyZłotów
GminaLipka
Population
 • Total2,200
Websitehttp://www.lipka.pnet.pl/

Lipka [ˈlipka] (German: Linde) is a village in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lipka.[1] It lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) north-east of Złotów and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany. For more on its history, see Złotów County. From 1975 to 1998 the village belonged to Piła Voivodeship.

Lipka has a population of approximately 2,200.

History[]

Since 1871, the village, known in German as Linde, belonged to Germany and grew as a result of the construction of the Prussian Eastern Railway, with the railway station located in the village serving as the main station for the town of Preussisch Friedland (Debrzno) and numerous other market towns.

In the 19th century, potato cultivation was an essential livelihood for the residents of Linde, whose products went as far as the Ruhr area and the Netherlands. A starch factory, building material works, a brickworks and a dairy were some other businesses in the village. At the end of the 19th century, the first electrically powered threshing machine in Prussia was used here. Until 1945, Linde was a town in the Flatow district in the administrative region of Posen-West Prussia in the Province of Pomerania. In 1939, the village had 1,613 residents.

Towards the end of World War II, the Red Army occupied the region in the spring of 1945. Soon afterwards, the village was placed under Polish administration. In the following period the German residents were evicted by the local Polish administration and replaced by Poles. The village was renamed Lipka.

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

External links[]

Stub icon

This Złotów County location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

Retrieved from ""