Mirosławiec

53°20′38″N 16°5′14″E / 53.34389°N 16.08722°E / 53.34389; 16.08722Country PolandVoivodeship West PomeranianCountyWałczGminaMirosławiecArea • Total2.13 km² (0.82 sq mi)Population • Total2,633 • Density1,200/km² (3,200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code+48 67Car platesZWA

Mirosławiec [mʲirɔˈswavʲɛt͡s] (German: Märkisch Friedland; Kashubian: Frédlądk) is a town in Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,837 inhabitants (2007).

The 12th Air Base of the Polish Air Force is located 5 kilometres (3 miles) north of the town.

Mirosławiec is a former private town, once located in the Poznań Voivodeship of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

People

• Knobelsdorff, German Wiki (ca.14th) noble family,^[1] founders of Märkisch Friedland
• Akiva Eiger (1761-1837) Rabbi in Märkisch Friedland 1791 until 1815 ^[2]
• Philipp Phoebus (1804–1880), German physician and pharmacologist
• Benjamin Liebermann (1812-1901), German textile manufacturer
• Heinrich von Friedberg (1813–1895), German jurist and statesman
• Joseph Abraham Stargardt (1822–1885), German businessman
• Julius Wolff (1836–1902), German surgeon
• Fedor Krause (1857-1937) German Neurosurgeon,^[3]

See also

• Friedland
• Mirosławiec air accident

References

External links

• Official town webpage