Miastko

See also: Miastko, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Miastko
Miastko in 2009
Flag Coat of arms
Miastko
Coordinates:
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Bytów
Gmina	Miastko
Government
• Mayor	Roman Ramion
Area
• Total	5.68 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	10,987
• Density	1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Postal code	77-200
Website	http://www.miastko.pl/

Miastko, Church of Our Lady, July 2004

Miastko [ˈmʲastkɔ] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Miastkò; German: Rummelsburg), is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northwestern Poland. Administratively it has since 1999 been part of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship; previously (1975-1998) it had been in Słupsk Voivodeship.

History

Before 1945 the town belonged to the Prussian Province of Pomerania. On 2 March 1945, it was taken by the Red Army, after which it was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles.

Population

• 1950: aprx. 1,500
• 1960: 5,500
• 1970: 8,100
• 1975: 9,800
• 1980: 10,000
• 2004: 12,000

Notable residents

• Julius Heinrich Franz (1847 – 1913), German astronomer
• Lothar Bisky (born 1941), politician
• Tadeusz Sapierzyński (b. 1958), soldier

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns - sister cities

Miastko is twinned with:

• Soltau-Fallingbostel, Germany