Lębork present and past

Lębork (Kashubian – Lãbórg or Lãbórch, German -  Lauenburg) – the city situated  in the Pomeranian region, on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula and Oder  rivers. In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the province of Słupsk. Lębork is located by the river Łeba, in the neighborhood of Lubowidz  lake. About 80 km west from Gdańsk, 30 km north from Łeba. The city is linked with Kashuby, known as the Pomeranian Lake District and described as the ‘Kashubian Switzerland’ thanks to the landscape of hills, various lakes, ponds and forests.

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Originally Lębork was a Slavonic settlement that existed in the tenth century. Due to its unique location, in 1310 it was taken by the Knights of the Cross. In 1341 Knights of the Cross fortified the city, built the castle and city walls.  In this year Lębork was given the town rights, too. Since 1466 Lębork belonged to the Dukes of Pomerania, between 1637 and 1657 it was in the Polish borders, later it belonged to Brandenburg.  Again within Polish borders after the Second World War. In the years 1940-1945 there was in Lębork a branch of the concentration camp of Stutthof. Worth mentioning is the fact that Lębork, known as Lewino existed for many years before being granted the rights of the city.

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Sights of Lębork: the parish church (XIV century, rebuilt several times), a ruined castle (XIV century), parts of the city’s fortifications (XIV century), salt granary of the sixteenth century  (now a Protestant church), neo-Gothic church from 1870, (formerly Protestant).

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Lębork is known as the center for the electrical, machinery, construction materials, metal, wood, clothing food, mineral (brick factory), and light industry.Lębork area has 37 000 inhabitants. It proves to be 17.86 kilometers long. It consists of both industrial, agricultural and forest areas.

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