Polanów

See also: Polanów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Polanów [pɔˈlanuf] (German: Pollnow) is a town in northern Poland, located in the Koszalin County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2] It has 2,949 inhabitants (2017).

Polanów
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Polanów
Coordinates: 54°6′N 16°42′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Koszalin
Gmina	Polanów
Town rights	1313
Government
• Mayor	Grzegorz Paweł Lipski[1]
Area
• Total	7.61 km2 (2.94 sq mi)
Population  (2017[1])
• Total	2,949
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	76-010
Area code	+48 94
Vehicle registration	ZKO
Website	http://www.polanow.pl

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 13th century, and was granted town rights in 1313^[1] under Lübeck law.

Aerial of Polanów (then Pollnow), November 1933

The town was almost completely destroyed during World War II.

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

• 
  Church of the Assumption
• 
  Exaltation of the Holy Cross church
• 
  Zalew Polanowski

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1890	2,272	—
1910	2,750	+21.0%
1939	3,629	+32.0%
1950	1,310	−63.9%
1960	1,996	+52.4%
2010	2,917	+46.1%
Source: [3][4]

Town twinning

Polanów is twinned with:^[5]

• Gedern, Germany
• Rothenklempenow, Germany

Notable people

• Julius Leopold Pagel (1851–1912), German physician and historian of medicine.