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Lebork

Lębork (Polish: Lębork; German: Lauenburg), is a town (town 1341) 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).

Table of contents
1 History
2 Famous people born in Lebork
3 Population

History

Together with Bytow, Lebork 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.

Famous people born in Lebork

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow - pioneer of television.

Population


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