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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian | ||
| County | Nowe Miasto | ||
| Gmina | Nowe Miasto Lubawskie (urban gmina) | ||
| Established | 1325 | ||
| Town rights | 1325 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Alina Kopiczyńska | ||
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| - Total | 11. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (also known as Warmia-Masuria Province or by its Polish name województwo warmińsko-mazurskie or simply Warmińsko-Mazurskie A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County Nowe Miasto County (powiat nowomiejski is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland The gmina or Municipality (frequently translated commune) plural gminy, is the principal unit (lowest level of territorial division in Poland Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 61 km² (4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 11,036 | ||
| - Density | 950. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/km² (2,461. 9/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 13-300 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 56 | ||
| Car plates | NNM | ||
| Website: www.umnowemiasto.pl | |||
Nowe Miasto Lubawskie [ˈnɔvɛ ˈmjastɔ luˈbafskjɛ] (German: Neumark (help·info)) is a town in Poland, situated at river Drwęca. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks In common with many Countries, Polish car number plates indicate the Region of Registration of the Vehicle encoded in the number plate The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Drwęca may also refer to Lake Drwęca in Poland The Drwęca (Drewenz is a River in northern Poland and a tributary The population is 11,104 (2004). Nowe Miasto Lubawskie is the capital of Nowe Miasto County (Polish: powiat nowomiejski) and was assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in 1999. Nowe Miasto County (powiat nowomiejski is a unit of territorial administration and local government ( Powiat) in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, northern Poland Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (also known as Warmia-Masuria Province or by its Polish name województwo warmińsko-mazurskie or simply Warmińsko-Mazurskie
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History
The town of Neumark was granted Kulm law city rights in 1325 by the Teutonic Order. Kulm law, Culm law or Chełmno Law (Kulmer Recht Kulmer Handfeste; Jus Culmense vetus Prawo chełmińskie was a German legal Constitution The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. In 1454, the city joined the Prussian Confederation, an association of cities and gentry that opposed the policy of the Order. The Prussian Confederation (Preußischer Bund or Bund vor Gewalt; Związek Pruski was an organization formed in 1440 by a group of 53 gentry and clergy and 19 cities in
From 1468 to 1772 (Partitions of Poland) it was in the Kingdom of Poland. The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the
At the end of the 19th century, the town was capital of Landkreis Löbau in the Prussian district of Marienwerder, it had a Lutheran and a Catholic church, a Progymnasium, a court, a steam mill with grain trading, and (as of 1885) 2678 inhabitants. Kwidzyn (Marienwerder is a Town in northern Poland on the Liwa River, with 40008 inhabitants (2004 Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". A gymnasium (pronounced with ɡ- in several languages is a type of school providing Secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar The monastery Maria-Lonk was nearby.
The town was again in Poland after the (Versailles Treaty) in January 1920 . The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. During the Second Polish Republic Nowe Miasto Lubawskie was the capital of Nowe Miasto County (Polish: powiat nowomiejski) in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship. The Second Polish Republic or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Pomeranian Voivodeship (also known as Pomerania Province or by its Polish name of województwo pomorskie {{IPA-pl|p|o|'|m|o|r|s|k|j|e}} or simply Pomorskie
During World War II German SS and Selbstschutz exterminated 2500 civilian inhabitants of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Selbstschutz (Self-protection stands for two organisations it was (1 a name used by a number of paramilitary organisations created by Ethnic Germans in Central Europe
On 21 January 1945 town was captured by the Red Army. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya After the war the town was returned to Poland.
Famous people
- Zyta Gilowska, Polish economist and politician
- Leonard Kniffel, American writer, published A Polish Son in the Motherland: An American's Journey Home, a travel memoir about contemporary life in the town of his ancestors. Zyta Gilowska (born July 7 1949 in Nowe Miasto Lubawskie) is a Polish economist and politician
Twin towns
External links
- (Polish) Tygodnik Internetowy - weekly alternative newspaper online features top news stories, local information for Nowe Miasto area.
- (Polish) Official town website
- Old photo of towns square and church
- Images of Nowe Miasto Lubawskie
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