Słupsk

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Słupsk
Image:POL Słupsk flag.svg	Image:POL Słupsk COA 1.svg
(Flag)	(Coat of arms)
Motto: none
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomerania
Municipal government	Rada Miasta Słupsk
Mayor	Maciej Kobyliński
Area	43,15 km²
Population - city - urban - density	99.000 none 2181/km²
Founded	10th century
City rights	1269
Latitude Longitude	54° 28' N 17° 03' E
Area code	+48 59
Car plates	GS
Twin towns	Arkhangelsk, Bari, Bukhara, Carlisle, Flensburg, Ustka, Vantaa, Vordingborg
Municipal Website

Słupsk (listen (help·info); former German: Stolp in Pommern, occasionally Stolpe; Kashubian and Pomeranian: Stolpsk; Latin: Stolpe) is a city with approximately 100,000 inhabitants in northwestern Poland. It is the capital of the region of Middle Pomerania and has been the capital of Słupsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously the capital of the Słupsk Voivodeship (1975-1998)

Słupsk is on the Słupia River, about 18 km from the Baltic Sea. Historically it is connected with Sławno and Ustka, smaller towns nearby.

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1 History
- 1.1 Historical population
2 Education
3 Sports
4 Facilities
5 Politics
- 5.1 Gdynia/Słupsk constituency
6 Famous residents
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] History

Słupsk began in the 9th century when a Slavic gord was built on one of the islands on the Słupia. The fortification and a small Slavic village was built on a hill (nowadays there is St Otton's Church there). Beginning in the Late Middle Ages the town began to be settled by ethnic Germans. It received Lübeck law on 9 September 1310 from the Margrave of Brandenburg. The town became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701 and of the German Empire in 1871. The local Slovincian Slavic culture gradually disappeared as the people were assimilated and became Germans. From 1938 to 1945 there was a large radio station at Słupsk (Transmitter Stolp). After the defeat of Nazi Germany in May of 1945 in World War II, the existing population was completely expelled by Soviet and Polish forces and the city was repopulated with Poles.

[edit] Historical population

1939 - 48,200 inhabitants
1945 - 7,000 inhabitants (due to war casualties and the deportation of German citizens to the west)
1950 - 33,100 inhabitants
1960 - 53,400 inhabitants
1970 - 68,900 inhabitants
1975 - 77,600 inhabitants
1980 - 86,100 inhabitants
1990 - 101,200 inhabitants
1995 - 102,700 inhabitants
1999 - 102,370 inhabitants
2003 - 99,987 inhabitants

[edit] Education

Pomorska Akademia Pedagogiczna (Pomeranian Pedagogical University) page
Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania
Szkoła Policji (Police School, similar to ones in Piła, Legionowo and Katowice. There is also Higher Police School in Szczytno)

[edit] Sports

Czarni Słupsk - men basketball team, 3rd in Era Basket Liga in 2005/2006 season.

[edit] Facilities

There is a lattice tower used for broadcasting at Słupsk, the TV Tower Słupsk. Near Słupsk there is the static invertor station of the HVDC link Swepol.