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Züllichau

Sulechów
Town centre with Calvinian Convent (left)
Town centre with Calvinian Convent (left)
Flag of Sulechów
Flag
Coat of arms of Sulechów
Coat of arms
Sulechów is located in Poland
Sulechów
Sulechów
Coordinates: 52°5′N 15°37′E / 52.083°N 15.617°E / 52.083; 15.617
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lubusz
County Zielona Góra
Gmina Sulechów
Government
 • Mayor Roman Rakowski
Area
 • Total 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 17,416
 • Density 2,600/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 66-100
Car plates FZI
Climate Cfb
Website http://www.sulechow.pl

Sulechów [suˈlɛxuf] (German: Züllichau) is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship, in Zielona Góra County. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Sulechów.

Settlement in the area goes back to the 4th century. In the 10th century the area was part of the realm of Mieszko I of Poland. From 1138 on it was part of the Duchy of Silesia, and then the splinter Duchy of Głogów.

The settlement was mentioned in 1319, when Margrave Waldemar of Ascania had conquered Sulechów for Brandenburg. Waldemar however died in the same year, and the locality fell back to the Piast Duchy of Głogów.

In 1482 Duke Jan II the Mad ceded Züllichau together with the neighboring town of Krossen to Brandenburg under Elector Albert III Achilles. It was part of the Neumark district since 1537. From 1815 it belonged to the Prussian province of Brandenburg.

Sulechów is twinned with:

Coordinates: 52°05′N 15°37′E / 52.083°N 15.617°E / 52.083; 15.617


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