Sępólno Krajeńskie

Infobox Settlement
name = Sępólno Krajeńskie

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image_shield = POL Sępólno Krajeńskie COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sępólno
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Sępólno Krajeńskie
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Waldemar Stupałkowski
area_total_km2 = 5.82
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 9258
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 53 | latm = 27 | lats = 0 | latNS = N | longd = 17 | longm = 31 | longs = 48 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 89-400
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = CSE
website = http://www.gmina-sepolno.pl

Sępólno Krajeńskie [IPA-pl|s|e|m|'|p|u|l|n|o|-|k|r|a|'|j|e|ń|s|k|jIPA-pl|e] ( _de. Zempelburg) is a town in Poland, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 63 km northwest of Bydgoszcz. It is the capital of Sępólno County ("powiat sępoleński") and has a population of 9,174 (2004).

History

The town was founded by the Teutonic Knights in 1309 as "Zempelburg" and received Magdeburg rights in 1360. It was located in the valley of the Zempolna River (Sępólna), which flooded the old castle because of its proximity to a nearby lake.

In 1466 the town passed to Poland as part of the province of Royal Prussia. It was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Zempelburg became part of the Duchy of Warsaw from 1807-1815 during the Napoleonic Wars, after which it was restored to Prussia. In 1871 the town became part of the Prussian-led German Empire. Zempelburg was a center for the textile and shoemaking industries.

Zempelburg belonged to Landkreis Flatow until 1920, when it was transferred to the Second Polish Republic after the Treaty of Versailles. The town, known as "Sępólno" in Polish, became the seat of Sępólno County. Sępólno was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1939 and made the seat of Landkreis Zempelburg. The town was liberated in 1945 and restored to Poland.

Landmarks of Sępólno Krajeńskie include a Protestant church in the market built in 1857.

Inhabitants

*1910: 3,818
*1920: 3,513
*1943: 5,207

urrounding villages

*Dziechowo (Sechau)
*Grochowiec (Müllerhof)
*Iłowo (Illowo bzw. Ihlau)
*Jazdrowo (Jasdrowo bzw. Hirschhagen)
*Kawle (Friedrichsborn)
*Komierowo (Wallbusch)
*Lutowo (Großlutau)
*Lutówko (Kleinlutau)
*Niechorz (Nichors bzw. Neuhorst)
*Piaseczna (Petznick)
*Radońsk (Waldraden)
*Sikorz (Schönhorst)
*Skarpa (Skarpi bzw. Scharfenort)
*Świdwie (Schwiede)
*Teklanowo, Trzciany (Zahn), Wałdowo (Waldau bzw. Dorfwaldau)
*Wałdówko (Waldowke bzw. Hofwaldau)
*Wilkowo (Wulfsiedel)
*Wiśniewa (Groß Wisniewke bzw. Kirschwiesen)
*Wiśniewka (Klein Wisniewke bzw. Kirschhöhe)
*Włościbór (Großloßburg)
*Wysoka (Hohenfelde)
*Zalesie (Salesch bzw. Hüllerbruch)
*Zboże (Grünlinde)

References

External links

* [http://www.gmina-sepolno.pl/ Official town website] pl icon
* [http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?x=402681&y=621956&m=S%eap%f3lno%20Kraje%f1skie&w=kujawsko%2dpomorskie&p=s%eapole%f1ski&g=S%eap%f3lno%20Kraje%f1skie&z=3 Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl] pl icon