Czaplinek

Also known as Tempelburg

Czaplinek (; ) is a town in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,012 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated between Drawsko and Czaplino lakes.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Czaplinek
Settlement.image_skyline: Czaplinek rynek (1).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Market square and Holy Cross church
Settlement.image_flag: POL Czaplinek flag (of the city office).svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Czaplinek COA 1.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Pomeranian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Drawsko
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Czaplinek
Settlement.established_title: Town rights
Settlement.established_date: 1291
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Marcin Naruszewicz
Settlement.area_total_km2: 13.51

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Czaplinek (; ) is a town in Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,012 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is situated between Drawsko and Czaplino lakes.

The former name of Tempelburg refers to the Templar Knights, who settled nearby at the orders of King Przemysł II. Until 1668, the town was part of Poland. Afterwards it was part of Brandenburg, Prussia and Germany, until the end of World War II. It is one of the northernmost towns of the historical region of Greater Poland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Czaplinek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.