Mirosławiec

Mirosławiec [mʲirɔˈswavʲɛt͡s] (German: Märkisch Friedland) is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland,^[2] with 2,671 inhabitants (2010).

Mirosławiec
Immaculate Conception church in Mirosławiec
Flag Coat of arms
Mirosławiec
Coordinates: 53°20′38″N 16°5′14″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Wałcz
Gmina	Mirosławiec
Area
• Total	2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	2,671
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	78-650
Area code	+48 67
Vehicle registration	ZWA

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

History

Remains of a medieval castle

Mirosławiec is a former private town, once located in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772.

During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour subcamp of the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs in the town.^[3] On 10 February 1945 it was captured by Polish troops.

Mirosławiec was the site of the 2008 Polish Air Force C-295 crash.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1843 2,280 —     1871 2,521 +10.6% 1880 2,498 −0.9% 1890 2,265 −9.3% 1900 2,233 −1.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1910 1,929 −13.6% 1925 2,062 +6.9% 1950 1,233 −40.2% 1960 2,513 +103.8% 2010 2,671 +6.3%
Source: [4][1]

People

• Akiva Eiger (1761-1837) Rabbi in Märkisch Friedland 1791 until 1815 ^[5]
• 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,^[6]

See also

• Friedland