Zwierzyn
Village
Church of Saint John
Church of Saint John
Coat of arms of Zwierzyn
Coat of arms
Zwierzyn is located in Poland
Zwierzyn
Zwierzyn
Coordinates: 52°50′N 15°34′E / 52.833°N 15.567°E / 52.833; 15.567
Country Poland
VoivodeshipLubusz
CountyStrzelce-Drezdenko
GminaZwierzyn
Population
 • Total1,300
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationFSD
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.zwierzyn.pl/

Zwierzyn [ˈzvjɛʐɨn] (German: Neu Mecklenburg)[1] is a village in Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the head of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zwierzyn.[2] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Strzelce Krajeńskie and 25 km (16 mi) north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.

According to Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa (governmental institution responsible for the objects considered most important to the nation's cultural heritage) there is one heritage monument in Zwierzyn, the Church of Saint John the Baptist, which was built in 1767.

History

During World War II, the Germans enslaved Poles as forced labour in the village. On May 19, 1941, the Germans carried out a public execution of a 25-year-old Polish man.[3]

In 2015 a new railway station was erected in Zwierzyn.

Transport

Zwierzyn is located at the intersection of voivodeship roads 156 and 157, and there is also a railway station.

Sports

The local football club is Pionier Zwierzyn. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ↑ Mnichowski, Przemysław (1983). "Zbrodnie Gestapo na polskich robotnikach przymusowych na ziemi strzelecko-krajeńskiej w latach 1941–1942". Rocznik Lubuski (in Polish). XII: 240.


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