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Lębork
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Lębork
Total population
34,500
Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Lębork is a town on the Łeba and Okalica rivers in the Gdańsk Pomerania region in northern Poland. It is the capital of Lębork County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its population is 33,865.
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History
The region formed part of Poland since the establishment of the country in the 10th century. The town was founded on the site of a previous Slavic settlement, dating back to the 10th century. Its name was Germanised to Lewin and then Lewinburg by the Teutonic Knights, after annexation from Poland in 1310. presumably to secure the territory around Stolp (Słupsk). East of the original city the Teutonic Order completed the Ordensburg castle in 1363. The castle was partly razed after the 1410 Battle of Grunwald and remained under Polish control until 1411. In 1440 the town joined the Prussian Confederation, which opposed the Teutonic Knights, and at the request of which King Casimir IV Jagiellon signed the act of re-incorporation of the town and region to the Kingdom of Poland in 1454. The population of Lębork was composed in large part of Kashubians, later Slovincians. In 1454 after the outbreak of the Thirteen Years' War, troops from Danzig (Gdańsk) occupied Lębork and Bütow (Bytów); the following year they were turned over to Eric II, Duke of Pomerania, to form an alliance. and was granted by Casimir IV Jagiellon to Eric and his Pomeranian successors as part of the Lauenburg and Bütow Land, a Polish fief. The Protestant Reformation was introduced in the town soon after 1519. The starosts were Stanisław Koniecpolski and Jakub Wejher. The 1773 Treaty of Warsaw granted full sovereignty over the territory to Prussia after the First Partition of Poland. The Lauenburg and Bütow Land, transformed into a district (Lauenburg-Bütowscher Kreis), was first included in the newly established province of West Prussia, but was transferred to the province of Pomerania in 1777. When the district was divided in 1846, Lauenburg became the capital of a new district (Landkreis Lauenburg…
Geography
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb". (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Pomerania
- Wilkowo Nowowiejskie3.9 mi away · pop. 173
- Strzelęcino5 mi away · pop. 142
- Popowo5.9 mi away · pop. 202
- Rekowo Lęborskie6.5 mi away · pop. 243
- Zakrzewo6.7 mi away · pop. 310
- Rozłazino6.7 mi away · pop. 887
- Unieszyno7.7 mi away
- Tawęcino8.2 mi away · pop. 304
- Wysokie8.9 mi away · pop. 180
- Skrzeszewo9.6 mi away · pop. 95
- Osiek9.7 mi away
- Tłuczewo10.5 mi away · pop. 220
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Lębork
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Official Identifiers
GUS — Statistics Poland
- SIMC code
- 0977373
- Population (Wikidata)
- 34,500
- Wikidata
- Q497148
SIMC place ID via Wikidata P4046
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • GUS — Statistics Poland — SIMC place ID via Wikidata P4046