# Barwice > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barwice > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Barwice.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwice > Source revision: 1346743627 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Barwice | image_flag = POL_Barwice_flag.svg | image_shield = POL_Barwice_COA.svg | image_skyline = Barwice, market square 02.jpg | image_caption = Market Square (''Rynek'') | pushpin_map = Poland | coordinates = {{coord|53|44|N|16|21|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [Voivodeship](/source/Voivodeships_of_Poland) | subdivision_name1 = [West Pomeranian](/source/West_Pomeranian_Voivodeship) | subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Powiat) | subdivision_name2 = [Szczecinek](/source/Szczecinek_County) | subdivision_type3 = [Gmina](/source/Gmina) | subdivision_name3 = [Barwice](/source/Gmina_Barwice) | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Mariusz Kieling | government_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Kierownictwo Urzędu|url=https://barwice.pl/page/kierownictwo-urzedu|website=barwice.pl|publisher=Miasto Barwice|language=pl|access-date=2022-08-30}} | area_total_km2 = 7.52 | area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=2022-08-30|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 3215024. | population_as_of = 31 December 2021 | population_total = 3627 | population_density_km2 = 482 | population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=2022-08-30|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 3215024.{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=2022-08-30|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 3215024. | timezone = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time) | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time) | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 78-460 | area_code = +48 94 | blank_name = [Car plates](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Poland) | blank_info = ZSZ | blank_name_sec2 = [Voivodeship road](/source/Voivodeship_road)s | blank_info_sec2 = 32px 32px | website = http://www.barwice.pl }} '''Barwice''' {{IPAc-pl|b|a|r|'|w|J|i|c|e}} ({{langx|de|Bärwalde}}) is a town in north-western [Poland](/source/Poland), in [West Pomeranian Voivodship](/source/West_Pomeranian_Voivodship), in [Szczecinek County](/source/Szczecinek_County).{{TERYT}} It is the seat of [Gmina Barwice](/source/Gmina_Barwice). As of December 2021, the town has a population of 3,627. ==Geography== The town is located on the [Baltic Uplands](/source/Baltic_Uplands) in [Farther Pomerania](/source/Farther_Pomerania) at an altitude of about 150 to 180 meters [above sea level](/source/Above_mean_sea_level) within the upper region of the river [Parsęta](/source/Pars%C4%99ta). 20 kilometers further south the [Drawsko Pomorskie](/source/Drawsko_Pomorskie) begins. The next larger city is [Szczecinek](/source/Szczecinek). ==History== thumb|left|upright|Saint Stephen church The settlement is first mentioned as ''civitas Barwitz'' in historical records from 1286, when it was granted by Polish Duke [Przemysł II](/source/Przemys%C5%82_II) to the [Knights Templar](/source/Knights_Templar), but since it is located in the vicinity of a pre-historical salt road leading to the saltworks of [Kołobrzeg](/source/Ko%C5%82obrzeg), it probably had been founded much earlier. The town and its neighbouring villages became in 1477 under duke [Bogislaw X](/source/Bogislaw_X%2C_Duke_of_Pomerania) part of the [Duchy of Pomerania](/source/Duchy_of_Pomerania). In the 16th century the town and the surrounding lands were in the possession of four noble families: ''von Glasenapp'', ''von Wolde'', ''von Zastrow'' and ''von Münchow''. The oldest town seal is from 1564 and carries the inscription ''Sigillum civitatis Berwoldie''.Kratz (1865), [https://books.google.com/books?id=g2sRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18 p. 18 (in German)] During the second half of the 16th century, duke [John Frederick](/source/John_Frederick%2C_Duke_of_Pomerania) granted to the town the right to hold trade fairs three times a year. In 1626 a blaze destroyed parts of the town, including both the town hall and the church. Because of this, the town was freed from tax paying for the next five years. During the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War) the town was occupied in 1630 by [Swedish](/source/Sweden) military of [Gustav II Adolph](/source/Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden) and suffered heavy damages. During the [Seven Years' War](/source/Seven_Years'_War) [Russian](/source/Russian_Empire) troops devastated the town's archives within the town hall, so that all older historical documents went lost.Christian Friedrich Wutstrack: ''Nachtrag zu der Kurzen historisch-geographisch-statistischen Beschreibung von dem königlich-preußischen Herzogtum Vor- und Hinterpommern''. Stettin 1795, [https://books.google.com/books?id=67gDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA228 p. 228 (in German)] In the 18th century the town became part of the [Kingdom of Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia), and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of [Germany](/source/Germany). Since 1766 five fairs per year were allowed to be arranged. In the 18th century, immigrants from [France](/source/France) founded a tobacco factory in the town. Before [World War II](/source/World_War_II) it had been the site of a county court and of a customs office, and it had a secondary school. The local industry manufactured machinery and produced building materials made from sandstone. There existed both sawmills and grain mills. The town was a centre of agricultural trade, the main trade products being grain, potatoes and cattle. During World War II, the Germans operated a [labor camp](/source/Arbeitslager) for [French](/source/French_prisoners_of_war_in_World_War_II) and [Belgian](/source/Belgium) prisoners of war from the [Stalag II-B](/source/Stalag_II-B) [prisoner-of-war camp](/source/prisoner-of-war_camp) in the town.{{cite web|url=http://stalag2b.free.fr/leskommandos.htm|title=Les Kommandos|website=Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne|accessdate=16 March 2020|language=fr}} In March 1945, shortly before the end of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the town was captured by the [Soviet Army](/source/Soviet_Army). Under the terms of the [Potsdam Agreement](/source/Potsdam_Agreement), the town became again part of Poland after the war. thumb|A memorial stone from 1988, erected on the 70th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence thumb|Municipal office ==Demographics== ;Number of inhabitants by yearKratz (1865), [https://books.google.com/books?id=g2sRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19 p. 19 (in German)]''Meyers Konversations-Lexikon''. 6th edition, vol. 2, Leipzig and Vienna 1906, p. 411 (in German).''Der Große Brockhaus''. 15th edition, vol. 2, Leipzig 1929, p. 341 (in German). * 1740: 472 * 1783: 533; incl. 6 Jews. * 1794: 663; incl. 7 Jews. * 1812: 804; incl. 6 Catholics and 34 Jews. * 1816: 854; incl. 5 Catholics and 59 Jews. * 1831: 1,180; incl. 6 Catholics and 85 Jews. * 1843: 1,571; incl. 3 Catholics and 129 Jews. * 1852: 1,741; incl. 4 Catholics and 143 Jews. * 1861: 1,964; incl. 8 Catholics and 180 Jews. * 1900: 2,338 * 1925: 2,530 * 2004: 3,876 * 2021: 3,627 ==Transport== [Voivodeship road](/source/Voivodeship_road)s nr. 171 and 172 pass through the town. Since 1999 the railway between [Grzmiąca](/source/Grzmi%C4%85ca%2C_West_Pomeranian_Voivodeship) and [Kostrzyn](/source/Kostrzyn%2C_Greater_Poland_Voivodeship) has been closed down, hence a rail connection to Barwice no longer exists. ==Sports== The local football team is Błonie Barwice, founded in 1952.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloniebarwice.vgh.pl/viewpage.php?page_id=350|title=Historia|website=Strona klubu Błonie Barwice|accessdate=16 March 2020|language=Polish}} It competes in the regional lower leagues. ==Notable people== * [Angelika Waller](/source/Angelika_Waller) (born 1944), an [East German](/source/East_German) actress.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909025/ IMDb Database] retrieved 24 October 2018. ==References== ;Literature * Gustav Kratz: ''Die Städte der Provinz Pommern - Abriß ihrer Geschichte, zumeist nach Urkunden''. Berlin 1865 (reprinted in 1996 by Sändig Reprint Verlag, Vaduz/Liechtenstein, {{ISBN|3-253-02734-1}}; reprinted in 2011 by [Kessinger Publishing](/source/Kessinger_Publishing), U.S.A., {{ISBN|1-161-12969-3}}), pp. 18–19. ([https://books.google.com/books?id=g2sRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18 in German, online]). ;Notes {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Barwice}} * [http://www.barwice.pl/ Official website] * [http://sztetl.org.pl/en/node/251 Jewish Community of Barwice] on [Virtual Shtetl](/source/Virtual_Shtetl) {{Gmina Barwice}} {{Pomerania}} Category:Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship Category:Szczecinek County --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Barwice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwice) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwice?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.