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Szczecinek
Main street - Bohaterów Warszawy
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Szczecinek
Coordinates: 53°43′N 16°41′E / 53.717, 16.683
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
Powiat	Szczecinek County
Gmina	Szczecinek
Established	1310
City Rights	1310
Government
- Mayor	Jerzy Hardie-Douglas
Area
- Total	37.17 km² (14.4 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	39,777
- Density	1,070/km² (2,771.3/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	78-400
Area code(s)	+48 94
Car Plates	ZSZ
Website: www.szczecinek.pl

Szczecinek (German: Neustettin; Kashubian: Nowé Sztetëno) is a town in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland with some 39,777 inhabitants (2007). Previously in Koszalin Voivodeship (1950-1998), it has been the capital of Szczecinek County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999.

Contents 1 History and Etymology 2 Education 3 Major corporations 4 Historical population 5 Notable residents 6 Twin towns 7 External links

In 1310, the castle and town was founded under Lübeck law by Duke Warcislaw IV of Pomerania-Wolgast and modelled after Szczecin (German: Stettin) which is situated about 150km to the west. The initial name was "New Szczecin" (Polish: Nowy Szczecin, German: Neustettin, Latin: Stetin Nova). It was also known as "Little Szczecin" (Polish: Mały Szczecin, German: Klein Stettin). In 1707 the town was known in Polish as Nowoszczecin, while the Mały Szczecin name gradually developed into the modern name Szczecinek.

The town was fortified to face the Brandenburgers, with a wall and palisades. In 1356 Neustettin was hit by the plague. Thankful for their survival, the Dukes Bogislaw V, Barnim IV and Wartislaw V founded the Augustine monastery Marienthron, on the Mönchsberg on the southern bank of lake Streizigsee. Under Duke Wartislaw VII Neustettin was from 1376 to 1395 seat of his Duchy. Afterwards, it was ruled by pommeranian Duchy Rügenwalde (- 1418), Wolgast (- 1474) and Stettin (until 1618).

On 15 September 1423, the „great day of Neustettin“, the pommeranian dukes, the Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order and Nordic king Eric VII (Denmark) met to discuss defense against the union of Brandenburg and Poland. In 1461 Neustettin was sacked, looted and burned by Polish troops and Tatars because King Casimir IV wanted to took revenge on Eric II (Pommerania-Wolgast who supported the Teutonic Knights.

At the end of the Thirty Years War Neustettin became part of Brandenburg, and in 1701 under the crown of Prussia. In 1945, the Red Army occupied the town and put it under Polish administration.

• Wyższa Szkoła Kupiecka in Łódź, branch in Szczecinek
• Duchess Elizabeth High School
• Vocational Economy Schools in Szczecinek
• Vocational Mechanic Schools in Szczecinek
• Vocational Agriculture Schools in Świątki.

• Grupa Kronospan SA
• KPPD Szczecinek SA
• Elmilk Sp. z o.o.
• Elpro B.T.
• Emet - the producer of metal boxes and elements

1940: 19,900 inhabitants (mostly Germans)
1945: 11,800 inhabitants (8,300 Poles and 3,500 Germans)
1950: 15,100 inhabitants (mostly Poles)
1960: 22,800 inhabitants
1970: 28,700 inhabitants
1975: 32,900 inhabitants
1980: 35,700 inhabitants
1990: 41,400 inhabitants
1995: 42,300 inhabitants
2000: 38,928 inhabitants

• Hans Krüger (1902-1971), politician
• Ewa Minge, fashion designer
• Anna Misiąg-Bocheńska, artist
• Małgorzata Ostrowska (born 1958, singer

Noyelles-sous-Lens, Neustrelitz, Bergen op Zoom

• Szczecinecki Portal Regionalny

Coordinates: 53°43′N, 16°42′E