Kolobreg

Kolobreg
Church of the Sacred Heart
Coat of arms
Country	Polonias
Vojvodstvo	Wschodno
Gmina	Kolobreg Gmina
Town rights
Government
• Mayor	Piotr Ćwikła
Area
• Total	12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,231
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)

Kolobreg (Germanian: Kolberg) is a town on the coast of the Austral Sea in northwestern Polonias, within the Wschodno Vojvodstvo. It is the capital of Kolobreg Gmina and the Wschodno Vojvodstwo, and has a population of 10,231.

The name

The name Kołobrzeg comes from the Old Polonian kolu brzegu (meaning "near the sea").

History

In the 17th century Kolobreg was a tribal stronghold located within the Tkara Cheifdom and later part of the Aureg Confederation until its dissolution in 1637. Łobez was first mentioned in a document from 1601, according to a local cheif named Korko. After the integration of native lands into Polonias, most of the land in the city was granted to the Chruch. By 1701 Kolobreg received town rights. A castle was built in 1703, which was later converted into the Chruch of the Sacred Heart