Szamocin

See also: Szamocin, Masovian Voivodeship

Szamocin
Saint Peter and Paul Church Saint Peter and Paul Church
Coat of arms of Szamocin Coat of arms
Szamocin
Coordinates:
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Chodzież
Gmina	Szamocin
Established	14th century
Town rights	1748
Government
• Mayor	Eugeniusz Wiktor Kucner
Area
• Total	4.67 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	4,267
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	64-820
Area code(s)	+48 67
Car plates	PCH
Website	http://www.szamocin24.pl

Szamocin [ʂaˈmɔt͡ɕin] (German: Samotschin, Fritzenstadt) is a city in Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

History

Szamoczino in the Duchy of Greater Poland was first mentioned in a 1364 deed. It received town privileges from the hands of King Augustus III of Poland in 1748.

In the First partition of Poland in 1772 the town was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, fell to the Napoleonic Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 and was restored to Prussia in 1815, whereafter it was governed within the Kreis Kolmar in Posen, part of the Grand Duchy of Posen. During the Industrial Revolution, the town evolved to a centre of the weaving industry.

After World War I, the Greater Poland Uprising and the Treaty of Versailles, Szamocin became part of the newly established Second Polish Republic in 1921.

Notable people

• Ernst Toller (1893-1939), playwright
• Radosław Cierzniak (born 1983), footballer

Nearby municipalities

• Margonin
• Chodzież

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Szamocin is twinned with:

• Grasberg, Germany

See also

• Standesamt Samotschin
• Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919)

External links

• http://www.szamocin.umig.gov.pl/