Borne Sulinowo
(Flag) (Coat of Arms)
Motto: none
Voivodship	Western Pomeranian
Municipal government	Rada Miejska w Bornem Sulinowie
Mayor	Józef Tomczak
Area	km²
Population  - city  - urban  - density	4149 /km²
Founded City rights	16th century September 15, 1993
Latitude Longitude	53°34' N 16°35' E
Area code	+48 94
Car plates	ZSZ XXXX
Twin towns	Pszczyna, Ralsko, Krien
Municipal Website

Borne Sulinowo (German Gross-Born) is a town in Poland's Western Pomeranian Voivodship, in the Powiat of Szczecinek. It is a capital of a separate gmina and home to 4149 inhabitants (as of April of 2005). The surrounding commune is inhabitated by additional 5327 people. Dummy flag for use with various infoboxes (most notably the Template:Infobox_Poland). ... A motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe the motivation or intention of a sociological grouping or organization. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A Voivodship ( Romanian: Voievodat, Polish: Województwo, Serbian: Vojvodstvo or Vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod. ... West Pomeranian voivodship since 1999 West Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze Zachodnie, German: West Pommern; Latin Pomerania Occidentalis) or West Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish: województwo zachodniopomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the northwestern part of Poland. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... // Polish car number plates since May 1, 2000 Polish 2000 series car plates has black letters on white background. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... External links Pszczyna. ... West Pomeranian voivodship since 1999 West Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze Zachodnie, German: West Pommern; Latin Pomerania Occidentalis) or West Pomeranian Voivodship (Polish: województwo zachodniopomorskie) is an administrative region or voivodship in the northwestern part of Poland. ... Szczecinek (German Neustettin) is a town in Middle Pomerania, north-western Poland with some 40,000 inhabitants. ... Gmina is the principal unit (lowest level) of the territorial division in Poland, and is equivalent to a commune or municipality. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

The town is notable for the fact that between 1945 and 1992 it was a secret Soviet military base, erased from all maps and it was not transferred to Polish jurisdiction until 1993.

History

The town of Borne Sulinowo traces back its roots to two distinct villages founded in the area in 16th century by local Pomeranian nobility. Modern town occupies the place of the village of Linde (linden tree), which in 1590 had 12 inhabitants. A nearby village was named Großborn was home to 14 peasants. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, German: Pommern and Pommerellen, Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers, reaching the Reknitz river... Species About 30, including: Tilia americana - Basswood or American Linden Tilia cordata - Small-leaved lime Tilia mongolica - Mongolian linden Tilia platyphyllos - Large-leaved lime Tilia tomentosa - Silver linden Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of tree. ... Events March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. ...

Both villaes developed very slowly. In late 19th century, the area of the village of Linde was bought by the Prussian government and converted into a military training ground. However, it was not until the advent of Nazism in Germany that changes really arrived there. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: PrÅ«sai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of... Attention: This website has been censored by the Government of Israel. ...

In 1933 the new German authorities bought all of the area and started the construction of a large military base, a training ground and various testing grounds there. Most of the local inhabitants were resettled and their homes levelled to the ground. In place of the village of Linde, a small military garrison and a town was built. Paradoxially, it was given the name of the nearby village of Gross Born (which was also levelled), despite the fact that the actual namesake was located several kilometres to the south-east. All facilities were officially opened by Adolf Hitler on August 18, 1938. Soon afterwards the Artillery School of the Wehrmacht was moved there. Shortly before the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War of 1939, the training grounds housed Heinz Guderian's XIX Army Corps. During the later stages of the World War II an artificial desert was built there for the units of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps (the other such training ground was established in the Błędów Desert near Olkusz). At the same time the area became part of the so-called Pomeranian Rampart, a line of almost 1000 concrete bunkers guarding the pre-war Polish-German border and eastern approaches to Berlin. 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wehrmacht   listen? was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... General Heinz Guderian Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888-14 May 1954) was a military theorist and General of the German Army during the Second World War. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ... A dune in the Egyptian desert Desert in California In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation. ... Erwin Rommel Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (   listen?) (November 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished German Field Marshals and commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps in World War II. He is also known by his nickname The Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs,   listen?). // Early life and career... The Deutsches Afrikakorps (often just Afrika Korps or DAK) was the corps_level headquarters controlling the German Panzer divisions in Libya and Egypts Western Desert during the North African Campaign of World War II. Since there was little turnover in the units attached to the corps the term is commonly... Olkusz is a town in south Poland with 40,500 inhabitants (1995). ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...

In September of 1939 in the military barracks a German POW camp was established for Polish soldiers. Initially a transfer camp (Dulag), on November 9 of that year it was converted into a permanent camp for ordinary soldiers and consisting of two sub-camps: Stalag 302 and Stalag 323. On June 1, 1940, the soldiers were tranferred to other camps and the POW camp for officers was established there (Oflag II-D). Until mid-1942 it housed mostly French officers. In February of 1941 it housed 3731 French soldiers, including 3166 officers and 565 batmen. In 1942 the Frenchmen were transfered to other camps and the camp in Gross-Born was emptied for officers of the Polish Army. It was there that the majority of Polish officers fighting in the Warsaw Uprising were imprisoned. On January 1, 1945, there were 5391 Polish POWs in the camp, including 5014 officers and 377 batmen. Soon afterwards the advancing Red Army forced the Germans to evacuate the camp. After a forced march of 700 kilometres the prisoners were interned in Stalag X-B and Marlag und Milag Nord in Sandbostel. Barracks are military housing. ... Part of Lists of Prisoner-of-War Camps section in the Prisoner-of-war camp article. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A batman is a soldier assigned to a commissioned officer as a personal servant. ... Polish Army (Polish Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ... The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was a controversial armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... Part of the List of POW camps There were over 5,000 Allied Merchant seamen captured by the German forces during WWII. Some 4,500 of these mariners were held at the Merchant Navy Internment camp at Westertimke, near Bremen, Germany. ...

Since January 22, the Pomeranian Rampart lines of defences around Gross-Born were manned by local artillery school NCOs and fights for the area started. Actual fights with the Polish Army and the Red Army started in early February and lasted for more than a month. The town however was located behind the lines and went out of the war almost unharassed. January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... NCO may mean: a numerically-controlled oscillator in electronics a non-commissioned officer in the military   This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Polish Army (Polish Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ... Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ...

After the war, the area of two military bases and the town itself was taken by the Red Army. The Soviet military established there one of the biggest military camps of the Northern Group of Armies. The town was excluded from Polish jurisdiction and erased from all maps. In official documents of the surrounding communes, the area of former Gross-Born and the surrounding 180 km² were called forest areas and remained a secret for almost 50 years. Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ...

After the peaceful change of political system in Poland in 1989, an agreement was made to finally withdraw the occupying Red Army from Poland. The last of the large Russian units, the 15000 men strong Soviet 15th Guards Division (then renamed to Vitebsk-Novgorod Division of the Russian Federation) was withdrawn from Borne Sulinowo in October of 1992. The town became a part of Poland. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Red Army flag The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It was briefly controlled by the Polish Army, with a small contingent of the Polish 41st Mechanized Regiment stationed there. However, in April of the following year the Polish unit was withdrawn and the town was finally passed to civilian authorities - for the first time since 19th century. On June 5, 1993, at 12 am, the town was officially opened to the public. On September 15 of the same year the Council of Ministers granted the town with a city charter and a process of settlement started. Among the first inhabitants of the town were Polish repatriates from Russian Siberia and Kazakhstan, who were finally allowed to return to Poland after more than 50 years of forcible resettlement in Soviet Union. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... A city charter or town charter is a legal document establishing a municipality. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ...

External links

• Official Website
• gallery of pictures