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Kolobrzeg

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Kołobrzeg

Industrial port (shipyards) and seaside resort in Koszalin province, Poland, at the mouth of the River Parsȩta on the Baltic Sea, 40 km/25 mi west of Koszalin; population (1990) 45,400. The town dates from the Middle Ages but was almost destroyed in World War II.

It was a member of the medieval Hanseatic League merchant confederation, salt being its chief trade. Formerly in Pomerania, it became part of Brandenburg 1648, Russia 1741, and Poland 1945.



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