Słupsk
Słupsk is a city in northern Poland in Pomeranian Voivodeship. It has about 100.000 inhabitants and 43,15 km². History First mentioned in 1015. City rights granted in 1265 (confirmed in 1310, 1313 and later). It belonged to Poland, 1307-41 - to the Teutonic Order, 1342-1648 - the center of the Duchy of Pomerania. 14-16 centuries belonged to the Hanseatic League, had the right to mint coins. It flourished under the rule of Boguslav X. In 1630 it was occupied and devastated by the Swedish army. After 1648 it passed to Brandenburg (called Stolp in German). In 1807, the city was occupied by Napoleon's army. 19th-20th centuries flourished in the beginning. A Nazi concentration camp operated during World War II, where 800 people (mostly Jews) were killed in 1944-45. In 1945, the Nazi German army shot about 50 Polish civilians. In 1945, the city was occupied without a fight and the center was burned by the USSR army. 1975–98 Słupsk – voivodeship, 19th century – 1975 and since 1999 – county center.
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).. |
This short article about a place or feature can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
Słupsk Media
- Slupsk Nowa Brama 3.jpg
The New Gate, dating back to the 14th century, served as the main entrance to the Old Town
- Slupsk mlyn zamkowy.jpg
Castle mill, the oldest industrial structure in Poland
- Zamek ksiazat Pomorskich w Slupsku IMG 4148.jpg
- Lubinus Stolpe.png
View of "Stolpe" from 1618, by Eilhard Lubinus
- Brama Nowa Słupsk, New Gate.jpg
Old Town view towards the New Gate in the early 20th-century
- Słupsk, Kościół Mariacki (1945).jpg
Ruins of the Old Town in 1945
- Slupsk, rynek 1945 (66046638).jpg
Rynek (Market Square) after WWII in 1945
- Słupsk Wojska Polskiego DSC 1537.jpg
Wojska Polskiego Avenue with heritage architecture
- Słupsk boundnary scheme.png
The neighbourhoods and suburbs of Słupsk
Słupia River, which flows through Słupsk