Drawsko Pomorskie

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Drawsko Pomorskie

Coordinates: 53°32′N 15°48′E / 53.533°N 15.800°E

Country

Poland

Established

7th century

Town rights

1297

Government

• Mayor

Zbigniew Ptak

Area

• Total

22.24 km² (8.59 sq mi)

Elevation

160 m (520 ft)

Population (2013)

• Total

11,878

• Density

530/km² (1,400/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

78-500

Area code(s)

+48 94

Car plates

ZDR

Website

http://www.drawsko.pl/

Drawsko Pomorskie [ˈdrafskɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ] (German: Dramburg) is a town in Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland, the administrative seat of Drawsko County and the urban-rural commune of Gmina Drawsko Pomorskie. As of 2013^[update], the town has 11,878 inhabitants.

Located in the southeast of West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999) in the Farther Pomerania region, Drawsko is situated within the Pomeranian Lakeland, the western spur of the Baltic Uplands. The town lies on the headwater of the Drawa River, a right tributary of the Noteć, west of an expansive woodland with the protected area of the Drawsko Landscape Park.

The regional capital Szczecin is about 100 km (62 mi) to the west. A large proving ground south of the town is frequently used in NATO exercises.

From the 7th century onwards Slavic tribes settled along the shores of the Drawa River, where they erected a fortress a few kilometers north of Lake Lubie. In the 10th century the region was under the sovereignty of the Piast duke Mieszko I of Poland; however, the sparsely inhabited border area during the fragmentation of Poland was also claimed by the Dukes of Pomerania, and later also by the mighty Ascanian margraves John I and Otto III, who in 1257 had founded the town of Landsberg (present-day Gorzów Wielkopolski) on the Noteć River as centre of their New March (Neumark) estates.

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