Szczecinek

Szczecinek
From top, left to right: Panorama of Szczecinek Town Hall at the marketplace Bohaterów Warszawy - promenade dedicated to the war heroes of Warsaw
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Szczecinek
Coordinates: 53°43′N 16°41′E / 53.717°N 16.683°E / 53.717; 16.683
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Szczecinek
Gmina	Szczecinek (urban gmina)
Established	1310
City rights	1310
Government
• Mayor	Jerzy Hardie-Douglas
Area
• Total	48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	40,211
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	78-400, 78-401, 78-402, 78-403, 78-404, 78-410
Area code	+48 94
Car plates	ZSZ
Highways
National roads
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.szczecinek.pl

Szczecinek (Polish: [ʂt͡ʂɛˈt͡ɕinɛk] ^ⓘ; German: Neustettin) is a historic city in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, capital of Szczecinek County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, with a population of more than 40,000 (2011). It is an important railroad junction, located along the main Poznań - Kołobrzeg line, which crosses less important lines to Chojnice and Słupsk. The town's total area is 48.63 square kilometres (18.78 square miles).

The turbulent history of Szczecinek reaches back to the High Middle Ages, when the area was ruled by Pomeranian dukes and princes. The majority of the city's architecture survived World War II and, subsequently, its entire Old Town was proclaimed a national heritage monument of Poland.