Kalisz Pomorski
Our Lady Queen of Poland church
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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)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	78-540
Website	http://www.kaliszpom.pl

Kalisz Pomorski [ˈkalʲiʂ pɔˈmɔrskʲi] (Latin: Nova Calisia; German: Kallies) is a small town in Drawsko County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland with about 4,500 inhabitants.

History

In the 8th century a Slavic gród existed in present-day Kalisz Pomorski.^[1] In the Middle Ages it was part of Poland, located in northern Greater Poland. The town's name derives from the city of Kalisz in southern Greater Poland.^[1] In order to develop this sparsely populated area, duke Przemysł I brought settlers from Kalisz to the settlement, which was newly named in Latin Nova Calisia (meaning New Kalisz).^[1]

It was part of the Kingdom of Prussia from the 18th century and between 1871 and 1945 it was part of Germany. During World War II, in 1944–1945, the Germans operated a subcamp of the Ravensbrück concentration camp in the town, in which they imprisoned around 500–1,000 people at a time.^[2] After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, the town became part of Poland again.

Gallery

• 
  Młyńskie Lake
• 
  Palace in Kalisz Pomorski
• 
  High school
• 
  Forest office building

Notable residents

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

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kalisz Pomorski is twinned with:

• Kaltenkirchen, Germany
• Torgelow, Germany
• Putlitz, Germany