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LeborkLębork (German Lauenburg) is a town (town 1341) on the rivers Leba and Okalica in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 37,000 inhabitants. It is also capital of Lebork County in Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Slupsk Voivodship (1975-1998). History Together with Bytw, Lębork was the capital of county that was included to Western Pomerania or Pomerania depending on situation. Traditionally Kashub population, partly converted into protestant faith and thus became Slovincy. After the Treaty of Bydgoszcz in 1657 it was granted to Friedrich Wilhelm as a hereditary fief. In 1773 it was directly incorporated into Prussia. Lębork was a location for the German concentration camp Lauenburg that was a subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof. Famous people born in Lauenburg/Lębork Population
1900: 10,442 inhabitants
1910: 13,916 inhabitants
1925: 17,161 inhabitants
1933: 18,962 inhabitants
1939: 19,114 inhabitants
1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 21.200 inhabitants
1970: 25.100 inhabitants
1975: 26.600 inhabitants
1980: 29.200 inhabitants
1990: 34,300 inhabitants
1995: 36,300 inhabitants
1998: 37,000 inhabitants
2000: ? inhabitants
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