Babimost

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Babimost

Coordinates: 52°9′N 15°49′E / 52.150°N 15.817°E

Country

Poland

Area

• Total

3.62 km² (1.40 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

4,150

• Density

1,100/km² (3,000/sq mi)

Postal code

66-110

Climate

Cfb

Website

http://www.babimost.pl

Babimost [baˈbʲimɔst] (German: Bomst) is a small town in Poland in Zielona Gora County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Babimost.

The town is situated on the Leniwa Obra creek, about 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Sulechów and about 75 km (47 mi) west of Poznań. Though located in Lubusz Voivodeship, Babimost is part of the Greater Poland historic region.

The settlement probably arose about 1000 AD around a castellany located at a crossing through the swampy Leniwa Obra river. The estates were held by the Pomeranian Swienca family until 1307; together with nearby Sulechów, they were acquired by Margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg in 1319, who nevertheless died in the same year. By 1329, they were held by the Silesian duke Henry IV the Faithful, then a Bohemian vassal. Finally incorporated into the Polish Poznań Voivodeship, Babimost received town privileges according to Magdeburg Law by King Władysław II Jagiełło in 1397.

King Sigismund the Old confirmed the city rights in 1530. After the Protestant Reformation, the population increased due to the influx of religious refugees from Silesia. During the Second Northern War, Babimost was devastated by Swedish troops in 1656. The reconstruction of a synagogue is documented around 1700, a Protestant church was erected in 1782. The inhabitants were shoe manufacturers, linen producers and hop (beer) and wine producers.

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