Kołobrzeg
city and urban gmina of Poland
Kołobrzeg (Polish: [kɔˈwɔbʐɛk] ; Kashubian: Kòlbrzég; German: Kolberg [ˈkɔlbɛʁk] ) is a port and spa city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland, with about 47,000 inhabitants (as of 2014). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (in the middle of the section divided by the Oder and Vistula Rivers). It is the capital of Kołobrzeg County.
During the Early Middle Ages, the Pomeranian tribes established a settlement at the site of modern-day Budzistowo. In 1000, when the city was part of Poland, it became the seat of the Diocese of Kołobrzeg, one of five oldest Polish dioceses. During the High Middle Ages, the town was expanded with an additional settlement inhabited by German settlers a few kilometers north of the stronghold and chartered with Lübeck law, which settlement eventually superseded the original Pomeranian settlement. The city later joined the Hanseatic League. Within the Duchy of Pomerania the town was the urban center of the secular reign of the prince-bishops of Kamień and their residence throughout the High and Late Middle Ages. In the modern age, it passed to Brandenburg and Prussia, and withstood a Polish-French siege in 1807. In the late 19th century it became a popular spa town at the Baltic Sea.
“Kołobrzeg” enters the record as city and urban gmina of Poland. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kołobrzeg, city and urban can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q110011. VIAF identifies the subject as 139555463. The Library of Congress control number is n80113489. Authority coordinates are 54.176, 15.576. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014, 1000 and 1807.
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