Sulechów

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Town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland

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::summary Town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland ::

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leader_titleMayor
leader_nameWojciech Sołtys
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population_as_of2024-06-30
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area_code+48 68
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Geography

Sulechów is situated in the historic Lower Silesia region, north of the Oder river. The town centre is located about 22 km northeast of the regional capital Zielona Góra, where the national road 32 to Poznań crosses the expressway S3 to Gorzów Wielkopolski. The regional Zielona Góra Airport is about 14 km away.

History

The settlement of the region on the Middle Oder dates back to the 4th century AD.

Medieval Poland

In the late 10th century, the area was included in the emerging Polish state by its first historic ruler Mieszko I of the Piast dynasty. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Sulechów,_Wieża_zamku.jpg" caption="Sulechów Castle and former [[Calvinist]] church"] ::

The settlement itself was first mentioned in a 1319 deed, at the time when the warlike Ascanian margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg campaigned the area, occupying Sulechów and neighbouring Świebodzin. Margrave Waldemar, however, died in the same year, and the localities fell back to the Piast dukes of Głogów.

When the last Piast duke Henry XI of Głogów died without issue in 1476, inheritance claims were raised by his widow Barbara of Brandenburg and her father, the Hohenzollern elector Albrecht Achilles. The Brandenburg influence met with fierce opposition by Henry's Piast cousin, Duke Jan II the Mad of Żagań, who nevertheless after several years of fighting had to sign an agreement, whereby the Silesian towns of Crossen (Krosno) and the town passed to the Margraviate of Brandenburg as a fief of the Bohemian (Czech) Kingdom, an integral part of the Holy Roman Empire.

Modern era

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/19639_Sulechow_brama_krosnienska.JPG" caption="Krosno Gate"] ::

Along with Crossen, Sulechów, under the Germanized name Züllichau,

Züllichau was part of the newly established Kingdom of Prussia since 1701. It became a garrison town of the Prussian Army. In March 1735, officials of the confederation of King Stanisław Leszczyński's supporters in the War of the Polish Succession stopped in the town. The Polish population resisted Germanisation attempts, carried out by the Prussian authorities. Between 1871 and 1945 Züllichau was part of the German Reich. In the late 19th century, the medieval town walls were partly dismantled.

During World War II the Germans established two forced labour camps in the town, mainly for the Soviets. The territory was conquered by Red Army forces during the Vistula-Oder Offensive in the final stage of World War II. In accordance with the Potsdam Agreement, the town was incorporated into the Republic of Poland by the implementation of the Oder–Neisse line in 1945, while the remaining German population was expelled. The remaining Polish inhabitants were joined by Poles displaced from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. The historic Polish name Sulechów was restored. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Sulechów,Kościół_Podwyższenia_Krzyża_Św.(6).jpg" caption="Holy Cross Church"] ::

From 1975 to 1998 Sulechów was part of Zielona Góra Voivodeship.

Sports

The town's most notable sports clubs are football team and volleyball team . Both teams compete in the lower leagues.

Notable people

Sport

Twin towns – sister cities

See twin towns of Gmina Sulechów.

References

References

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