Okonek

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Template:Infobox settlement Okonek Template:IPAc-pl (Template:Langx) is a town in Poland, in Złotów County in Greater Poland Voivodeship,Template:TERYT with approximately 4,200 inhabitants.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in a document of 1547.<ref name=gk>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1597, Duke John Frederick established three annual fairs.<ref name=gk/> Due to its location as the sole Ducal Pomeranian customs point on the trade route from Gdańsk and Königsberg to Germany, it developed an urban character.<ref name=gk/> It was granted town rights in 1754.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The town suffered in a Russian invasion during the Seven Years' War.<ref name=sgk>Template:Cite book</ref> The cloth industry flourished until the Napoleonic Wars.<ref name=sgk/>

Demographics

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References

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