Sulechów

Infobox Settlement
name = Sulechów

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image_shield = POL Sulechów COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lubusz
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Zielona Góra
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Sulechów
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Ignacy Odważny
area_total_km2 = 6.8
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 17862
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52 | latm = 5 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 15 | longm = 37 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 66-100
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = FZI
website = http://www.sulechow.pl

Sulechów [IPA-pl|s|u|'|l|e|h|u|f] ( _de. Züllichau) is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Zielona Góra County. It has 17,843 inhabitants (2004).

History

In 1319 Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal had acquired Züllichau for Brandenburg.In 1482 Züllichau, together with Sommerfeld and Crossen (Krosno) became an integral part of Brandenburg under the elector Albert Achilles. In 1945 eastern Brandenburg was conquered by the Soviet Union and handed over to Communist Poland.

Partnerships

* Neuruppin
* Aldershot

People

*Johann Gottfried Rösner, * 1658 in Züllichau, 1724 executed as mayor of Thorn (Toruń) as a consequence of the "Tumult of Thorn"
*Caspar Neumann * 1683 in Züllichau, provided the data for the first computation of mortality rates
*Gotthelf Samuel Steinbart * 1738 in Züllichau, theologian and philosopher
*Johann Gottfried Ebel * 1764 in Züllichau, author
*Minna Herzlieb * 1789 in Züllichau, role model for "Ottilie" in Goethes "Die Wahlverwandtschaften"
*Hermann Marggraff * 1809 in Züllichau, author
*Theodor Kullak (1818 - 1882) pianist, composer was educated in Züllichau
*Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz
* Olga Tokarczuk, Polish writer *1962

See also

* List of POW camps in Germany
* Rushmoor
* Zielona Góra Airport

External links

* [http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/bertius/bertius1/jpg/s318.html Züllichau in Crossen district in 1615 on map of Germany]