Szczecinek (German: Neustettin; Kashubian: Nowé Sztetëno) is a town in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland with some 40,000 inhabitants. Previously in Koszalin Voivodeship (1950-1998), it has been the capital of Szczecinek County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian: kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-sÅ‚owiÅ„skô mòwa) is one of the Lechitic languages, which are a group of Slavic languages. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Middle Pomerania is a geographical and historical region in the middle of Pomerania in northern Poland, between Western and Eastern Pomerania. ... Koszalin Voivodeship (2) (Polish: województwo koszaliÅ„skie) - a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by West Pomeranian Voivodeship. ... Szczecinek County (Polish: ) is a powiat (county) in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. ... Capital city Szczecin Area 22,896 km² Population (2004)  - Density 1,694,865 74/km² Powiats  - Urban counties  - Land counties 3 18 Communes 114 Administrative divisions: West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo zachodniopomorskie) should preferably be translated as the West Pomerania province, as it is an administrative region or voivodeship...

Etymology

The town was founded by Duke Warcislaw IV of Pomerania in 1310 and modelled after Szczecin (German: Stettin). The initial name was Nowy Szczecin ("New Szczecin"; German: Neu Stetin or Neustettin; Latin: Stetin Nova). It was also known as Mały Szczecin ("Little Szczecin"; German: Klein Stettin). In 1707 the town was known in Polish as Nowoszczecin, while the Mały Szczecin name gradually developed into the modern name Szczecinek. Duchy of Pomerania ruled by the slavic dynasty of Griffits (Polish: Gryfici, German: Greiffen) was a semi-independent state in the 17th century. ... Szczecin (pronounce: ; German: ; Kashubian/Pomeranian: Sztetëno; Latin: Stetinum or Scecinum, also Sedinum) is the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodship in Poland. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...

Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Kupiecka in Łódź, branch in Szczecinek
• Duchess Elizabeth High School
• Vocational Economy Schools in Szczecinek
• Vocational Mechanic Schools in Szczecinek
• Vocational Agriculture Schools in Świątki.

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Major corporations

• Grupa Kronospan SA
• KPPD Szczecinek SA
• Elmilk Sp. z o.o.
• Elpro B.T.
• Emet - the producer of metal boxes and elements

Historical population

1940: 19,900 inhabitants (mostly Germans)
1945: 11,800 inhabitants (8,300 Poles and 3,500 Germans)
1950: 15,100 inhabitants (mostly Poles)
1960: 22,800 inhabitants
1970: 28,700 inhabitants
1975: 32,900 inhabitants
1980: 35,700 inhabitants
1990: 41,400 inhabitants
1995: 42,300 inhabitants
2000: 38,928 inhabitants

Famous residents

• Aleksander Wolszczan
• Ewa Minge, clothes designer
• Małgorzata Ostrowska, singer
• Anna Misiąg, artist

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Links

• Szczecinecki Portal Regionalny
• Szczecinek webcam - click "Day at a Glance" if night.

Coordinates: 53°43′N 16°42′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...