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{{See also|Miastko, Greater Poland Voivodeship}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Miastko
| image_skyline = Miastko 2009 ubt-3.jpeg
| image_caption = Miastko in 2009
| image_flag = POL Miastko flag.svg
| image_shield = POL Miastko COA 1.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Pomeranian Voivodeship|name=Pomeranian}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bytów County|Bytów]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Miastko|Miastko]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = [[Roman Ramion]]
| area_total_km2 = 5.68
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 10738
| population_density_km2 = auto
| coordinates = {{coord|54|1|N|16|59|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_m = 
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 77–200
| registration_plate = GBY
| blank_name_sec2 = [[National roads in Poland|National roads]]
| blank_info_sec2 = [[File:DK20-PL.svg|32px|link=National road 20 (Poland)]] [[File:DK21-PL.svg|32px|link=National road 21 (Poland)]]
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Voivodeship road]]s
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[File:DW206-PL.svg|32px]]
| website = http://www.miastko.pl/
| official_name = 
}}
'''Miastko''' {{IPAc-pl|'|m|J|a|s|t|k|o}} ({{langx|csb|Miastkò}}; {{langx|de|Rummelsburg}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.badfallingbostel.de/Leben-Wohnen/Wir-stellen-uns-vor/Partnerschaften/Miastko/|title=Miastko| website=badfallingbostel.de| access-date=22 October 2023|language=de}}</ref> is a town in the [[Middle Pomerania]] region of northern [[Poland]], administratively located in the [[Bytów County]] in the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]].{{TERYT}}

==History==
[[File:Kosciol NMP Wspomozenia Wiernych w Miastku.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Baroque Church of Our Lady]]
Traces of human settlement of the [[Pomeranian culture|Pomeranian]] and [[Wielbark culture|Wielbark]] cultures and from [[ancient Roman]] times and [[Early Middle Ages]] were discovered during [[archaeological excavation]]s in Miastko. The area became part of the emerging [[Duchy of Poland]] under its first historic ruler [[Mieszko I]] in the 10th century. After the fragmentation of Poland in 1138, following the death of [[Bolesław III Wrymouth]], it formed part of various smaller duchies, including the [[Duchy of Słupsk]] from 1368 and [[Duchy of Pomerania]] from 1478.

From the 18th century, it was part of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]], within which it belonged to the [[Province of Pomerania (1815-1945)|Province of Pomerania]]. During [[World War II]], the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|Polish resistance]] conducted espionage of German activity in the town.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Encyklopedia konspiracji Wielkopolskiej 1939–1945|year=1998|location=Poznań|language=pl|publisher=Instytut Zachodni|page=625|isbn=83-85003-97-5}}</ref> The Germans operated three [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] subcamps of the [[Stalag II-B]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stalag2b.free.fr/leskommandos.htm|title=Les Kommandos|website=Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne|access-date=18 October 2024|language=fr}}</ref> In January 1945, a German-perpetrated [[The March (1945)|death march]] of [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] prisoners-of-war from the [[Stalag XX-B]] POW camp passed through the town.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kaszuba|first=Sylwia|editor-last=Grudziecka|editor-first=Beata|title=Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana|language=pl|location=Malbork|publisher=Muzeum Miasta Malborka|page=109|chapter=Marsz 1945|isbn=978-83-950992-2-9}}</ref> On 2 March 1945, it was taken by the [[Red Army]].

In April 1945, a Polish operation group of 22 young men arrived in the town to take over administration of the town, while the German population was largely still present.<ref>{{cite book|title=Polens Wilder Westen: erzwungene Migration und die kulturelle Aneignung des Oderraums 1945-1948|author=Beata Halicka|publisher=Ferdinand Schöningh|year= 2016|pages=249–250}}</ref> The [[Potsdam Agreement]] confirmed preliminary Polish administration of the region and the native German populace [[Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II|was expelled]]. According to German reports, in January 1947, Germans to be expelled were collected and had to camp in ruined houses at min 25 degrees minus. British authorities of occupied Germany did not receive the expellees, whoh were interned until March 1947 in various internment camps. Of 2500 Germans of a transport scheduled for January 4, 1947, 500 were not to survive the expulsion.<ref>{{cite book|title=Die Vertreibung der deutschen Bevölkerung aus den Gebieten östlich der Oder-Neisse|series=Dokumentation der Vertreibung der Deutschen aus Ost-Mitteleuropa|volume=I/2|year=1984|publisher=Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag|pages=846–850}}</ref>

Until 1975, Miastko was a county seat within the [[Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–1975)|Koszalin Voivodeship]], and from 1975 to 1998 it was administratively located in the [[Słupsk Voivodeship]].

In 2012 a monument dedicated to the [[Polish people|Polish Nation]] was unveiled in the town park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gp24.pl/pomnik-narodu-polskiego-w-miastku-odsloniety-zdjecia-wideo/ar/4774483|title=Pomnik Narodu Polskiego w Miastku odsłonięty (zdjęcia, wideo), "Głos Pomorza"|date=3 May 2012 |access-date=June 11, 2019|language=pl}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations|align=left|cols=2|1871|4707|1877|4783|1880|5304|1890|5080|1900|5335|1910|5934|1925|6682|1950|3875|1960|5498|1970|8100|1980|10,000|2004|12000|2016|10738
|source=<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Dokumentacja Geograficzna|volume=3/4|year=1967|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Geografii [[Polish Academy of Sciences|Polskiej Akademii Nauk]]|page=29}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VI|year=1885|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=288}}</ref>}}
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==Transport==
Miastko is located on the intersection of the [[National roads in Poland|national roads]] 20 and 21 and [[voivodeship road]] 206. There is also a [[Miastko railway station|railway station]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150">
Miastko - Jezioro Lednik.JPG|Lake Lednik
Miastko - fontanna w parku miejskim.JPG|Park
Miastko - Pomnik Narodu Polskiego.JPG|Polish Nation Monument
Miastko - budynek Urzędu Miejskiego.JPG|Town hall
</gallery>

==Notable residents==
* [[Julius Heinrich Franz]] (1847–1913) a German astronomer
* [[Tadeusz Sapierzyński]] (born 1958) a Polish Army officer, former commander of the special forces unit [[JW GROM]]
* [[Krzysztof Gliszczyński]] (born 1962) a Polish painter
* [[Ewa Gawryluk]] (born 1967) a Polish actress
* [[Wojciech Kałdowski]] (born 1976) a retired Polish 800 metre runner

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}

Miastko is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Périers, Manche|Périers]], France
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*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bad Fallingbostel]], Germany
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gmina Miastko}}
{{Pomerania}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Bytów County]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
[[Category:Populated riverside places in Poland]]