Łobez
Łobez is a town in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Łobez County, and has a population of 10,066.
Łobez lies upon the Rega river.
The name
The name Łobez comes from the Old Polish łobuzie.History
In the 12th century Łobez was a Slavic stronghold located within Poland and after the fragmentation of Poland into smaller duchies within the Griffin-ruled Duchy of Pomerania until its dissolution in 1637. Łobez was first mentioned in a document from 1271, according to which a knight named Borko, who was also the Castellan of nearby Kołobrzeg, was the owner of the town. By 1275 Łobez received town rights. A castle was built in the 13th century.Demographics
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Mayors
| 1632 – Carsten Beleke | 1809 – Johann Georg Falck | |
| 1670 – Bernd Bublich | 1823–1840 – Johann Friedrich Rosenow | |
| 1700 – Paul Belecke | 1842–1844 – Adolf Ludwig Ritter | |
| 1702 – Theele | 1844–1845 – Albert Wilhelm Rizky | |
| 1723 – F. C. Hackebeck | 1846–1852 – Heinich Ludwig Gotthilf Hasenjäger | |
| 1734 – F. W. Weinholz | prije 1859. Hasenjaeger | |
| 1736 – Schulze | 1852–1864 – Carl Albert Alexander Schüz | |
| 1732 – Hackenberken | 1921 – Willi Kieckbusch | |
| 1745 – M. C. Frize | 1945 – Hackelberg, Teofil Fiutowski, Stefan Nowak, Feliks Mielczarek | |
| 1746 – Johann Friedrich Thym | 1946 – Władysław Śmiełowski | |
| 1752 – Johann Gottsried Severin | 1948 – Tadeusz Klimski | |
| 1753? – J. F. von Flige | 1949 – Ignacy Łepkowski | |
| 1757 – Johann Friedrich Thym | 1972-1990 Zbigniew Con | |
| 1757 – Heller | 1990–94 Marek Romejko | |
| 1767 – Gottlieb Timm | 1994–1998 Jan Szafran | |
| 1775 – Johann Gottfried Severin | 1998–2002 Halina Szymańska | |
| 1790 – Jahncke | 2002–2006 Marek Romejko | |
| 1805 – Heinrich Falck | 2006–2014 Ryszard Sola | |
| 1806 – Zuther | 2014 Piotr Ćwikła | |
| 1806 – Nemitz |
Notable residents
- Franz Andreas von Borcke, Prussian general
- Ferdinand Nemitz, German jurist and politician
- Felix Genzmer, German architect
- Otto Puchstein a German classical archaeologist
- Walter Goehtz, German politician
- Klaudia Ungerman a beauty pageant contestant who won Miss Poland 2008
International relations