Dębno

Known for hosting the oldest marathon in Poland (since 1969), one of the five marathons included in the Crown of Polish Marathons, along with marathons in Kraków, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław. The Dębno oil field is located near the town.

• Name — Dębno • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Voivodeship • Subdivision Name1 — West Pomeranian • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Myślibórz • Subdivision Type3 — Gmina • Subdivision Name3 — Dębno • Established Title — Town rights • Established Date — 1731 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Wojciech Czepułkowski • Area Total Km2 — 19.51 • Population As Of — 2024 • Population Total — 12010 • Population Density Km2 — 615 • Elevation M — 40 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 74-400 • Area Code — +48 95 • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Registration Plate — ZMY • Custom Label Sec2 — National roads • Custom Label1 Sec2 — Voivodeship roads • Website — http: www.debno.pl/

After the Migration Period, the area was populated by Polish tribes since the 6th century. In the 10th century it became part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I. In 1232 Dębno was granted by Duke Władysław Odonic of the Piast dynasty to the Knights Templar. Later, it was invaded by Saxons immediately after the invasion and annexation of the Catholic Duchy of Kopanica, a Polish fief. The castle of Dębno belonged to the House of Odrowąż. In 1373 the town became part of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (or Czech Lands), ruled by the Luxembourg dynasty. In 1402, the Luxembourgs reached an agreement with Poland in Kraków. Poland was to buy and re-incorporate the town and the surrounding region, but eventually the Luxembourgs sold it to the Teutonic Order, which remained in power until 1454. During World War II, the German administration operated a subcamp of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in the town.

Source: • No. Number — Name — Term of office • Took office — Left office — Time in office • 1. — Roman Stryjewski — 12 June 1990 — 21 October 1993 • 2. — Piotr Wojewoda — 22 October 1993 — 17 November 1993 • 3. — Danuta Leśniak-Chanecka — 18 November 1993 — 28 April 1994 • 4. — Janusz Kotas — 17 July 1994 — 2 October 1995 • 5. — Andrzej Brzozowski — 2 October 1995 — 21 November 1995 • 6. — Ryszard Święcicki — 21 November 1995 — 18 November 2002 • 7. — Piotr Ryszard Downar — 19 November 2002 — 22 November 2018 • 8. — Grzegorz Kulbicki — 22 November 2018 — 7 May 2024 • 9. — Wojciech Czepułkowski — 7 May 2024 — Incumbent

• Franz Alexander von Kleist (1769–1797), poet • Franz Hilgendorf (1839–1904), zoologist and paleontologist • Friedrich W. K. Müller (1863–1930), German scholar of oriental cultures and languages • Arthur Hübner (1885–1937) a German philologist, researched German literature from the Middle Ages • Antoni Dobrowolski (1904–2012) a Polish educator and the oldest known survivor of Auschwitz • Joanna Szarawaga (born 1994) a Polish handballer for GTPR Gdynia and the Polish national team

Dębno signed partnership agreements with: • Strausberg, Germany (1978) • Renkum, Netherlands (1990) • Tczew, Poland (2000) • Terezín, Czech Republic (2003) • Nowy Tomyśl, Poland (2010) • Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland (2022) • Postomino, Poland (2022)