Łeba
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| Coordinates: 54°47′N 17°33′E / 54.783°N 17.550°ECoordinates: 54°47′N 17°33′E / 54.783°N 17.550°E | |||
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 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Pomeranian | ||
| County | Lębork | ||
| Gmina | Łeba (urban gmina) | ||
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| • Total | 14.8 km2 (5.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| • Total | 3,824 | ||
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 84–360 | ||
| Website | www |
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Łeba [ˈwɛba] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: Leba; German: Leba) is a town in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland. It is located in the Gdańsk Pomeranian region (Pomorze Gdańskie), near Łebsko Lake and the mouth of the river Łeba on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
The Pomerelian settlement of Łeba was first mentioned in a 1282 deed. At that time the village was located about two kilometers (1.2 miles) west from the present mouth of the Łeba River. Łeba received municipal rights by the State of the Teutonic Order in 1357. Located at the Łebsko Lake at the Baltic Sea, it developed to a fishing port and a wood marketplace. With Lauenburg Land it became a Polish fief during the Thirteen Years' War in 1454, held by the Dukes of Pomerania.
Old Leba was threatened for many centuries by floods and expanding sand dunes and therefore was rebuilt in a safer location after 1558. The town fell back to the Polish Crown after the death of the last Pomeranian duke Bogislaw XIV until King John II Casimir Vasa enfeoffed Elector Frederick William I of Brandenburg-Prussia with Lauenburg Land by the 1657 Treaty of Bromberg.
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