Trzebiatów
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Bird's-eye view on the Old Town
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 Trzebiatów
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| Coordinates: 54°3′26″N 15°16′43″E / 54.05722°N 15.27861°E | ||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian | |
| County | Gryfice | |
| Gmina | Trzebiatów | |
| Established | 9th century | |
| City rights | 1277 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Zdzisław Matusewicz | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.14 km2 (3.92 sq mi) | |
| Population (2007) | ||
| • Total | 10,196 | |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 72-320 | |
| Car plates | ZGY | |
| Website | http://www.trzebiatow.pl | |
Trzebiatów [tʂɛˈbjatuf] (German: Treptow an der Rega, German pronunciation: [ˈtʁeːptoː]) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. As of June 2007, it has 10,196 inhabitants.
The lower Rega area around Gryfice and Trzebiatów was site of a Slavic gród in the 9th century. The first recorded mention of the town comes from 1170 when the Pomeranian duke Kasimir I granted a few villages and oversight of a church in the town to settlers from Lund in Sweden.
In 1504, Johannes Bugenhagen moved to the town and became Rector of the local school. On December 13, 1534, a diet was assembled in the town, where the Dukes Barnim XI and Philip I as well as the nobility officially introduced Lutheranism to Pomerania, against the vote of Erasmus von Manteuffel, Prince-Bishop of Cammin. In the following month Bugenhagen drafted the new church order (Kirchenordnung), founding the Pomeranian Lutheran church, today's Pomeranian Evangelical Church.
As a dowager, Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1579–1658), widow of Philip II, Duke of Pomerania, lived in Treptow. Sophia's dower was a former nunnery, which she converted into a palace. While in Swedish service and thereafter Duke Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg spent a lot of time with Duchess dowager Sophia in Treptow. Sophia's and Francis Henry's fathers were cousins. On 13 December 1637 Francis Henry and Marie Juliane of Nassau-Siegen (1612–1665) married in Treptow. Their first child was born in Treptow in 1640. Francis Henry also served Sophia as administrator of the estates pertaining to her dower.
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