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SwidwinŚwidwin (German: Schivelbein), is a town in Middle Pomerania, north-western Poland with some 15,000 inhabitants. Capital of Swidwin County in West Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, previously in Koszalin Voivodship (1950-1998). Formerly part of Prussia and Germany; together with much of the rest of Pomerania, it was transferred to Poland after the end of World War II. Birthplace (in 1821) of German pathologist and anthropologist Rudolf Virchow. Population 1950: ? inhabitants 1960: 10.000 inhabitants 1970: 12.600 inhabitants 1975: 13.500 inhabitants 1980: 14.000 inhabitants 1990: ? inhabitants 2000: 2004: 17,000 inhabitants External links (in Polish) - http://www.swidwin.pl
- http://www.swidwin.prv.pl
- http://www.powiatswidwinski.pl - homepage of the county
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