Kalisz Pomorski

Kalisz Pomorski
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Kalisz Pomorski
Coordinates: 53°17′N 15°54′E / 53.283°N 15.900°E / 53.283; 15.900
Country  Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County Drawsko
Gmina Kalisz Pomorski
Area
  Total 11.89 km2 (4.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 3,989
  Density 340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Postal code 78-540
Website http://www.kaliszpom.pl

Kalisz Pomorski [ˈkalʲiʂ pɔˈmɔrskʲi] (German: Kallies) is a small town in Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland with about 4,500 inhabitants. It was founded in ca. 1303.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany.

Notable residents

  • Paul Sydow (1851 – 1925), German mycologist and lichenologist

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kalisz Pomorski is twinned with:

Coordinates: 53°17′N 15°54′E / 53.283°N 15.900°E / 53.283; 15.900


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