Mirosławiec

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Mirosławiec
Immaculate Conception church in Mirosławiec
Immaculate Conception church in Mirosławiec
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Mirosławiec is located in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Mirosławiec
Mirosławiec
Coordinates: 53°20′38″N 16°5′14″E / 53.34389°N 16.08722°E / 53.34389; 16.08722
Country Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
CountyWałcz
GminaMirosławiec
Area
 • Total2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total2,633
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
78-650
Area code(s)+48 67
Car platesZWA

Mirosławiec [mʲirɔˈswavʲɛt͡s] (German: Märkisch Friedland; Kashubian: Frédlądk) is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,837 inhabitants (2007).

The 12th Air Base of the Polish Air Force is located 5 kilometres (3 miles) north of the town.

Mirosławiec is a former private town, once located in the Poznań Voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

People[]

  • Knobelsdorff, German Wiki (ca.14th) noble family,[1] founders of Märkisch Friedland
  • Akiva Eiger (1761-1837) Rabbi in Märkisch Friedland 1791 until 1815 [2]
  • Philipp Phoebus (1804–1880), German physician and pharmacologist
  • Benjamin Liebermann (1812-1901), German textile manufacturer
  • Heinrich von Friedberg (1813–1895), German jurist and statesman
  • Joseph Abraham Stargardt (1822–1885), German businessman
  • Julius Wolff (1836–1902), German surgeon
  • Fedor Krause (1857-1937) German Neurosurgeon, [3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Google Books, Sebastian von Knobelsdorff
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eger, Aqiba" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 09 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  3. ^ "Fedor_krause [Operative Neurosurgery]".

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Coordinates: 53°20′N 16°06′E / 53.333°N 16.100°E / 53.333; 16.100


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