Pyrzyce

Pyrzyce (German: Pyritz), is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland, with some 11,000 inhabitants (1980)

Capital of the Pyrzyce County in West Pomeranian Voivodship(since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodship (1975-1998).

History

An anonymous medieval document of ca. 850, called Bavarian Geographer mentions the tribe of Pyritzans who have 70 strongholds (Prissani civitates LXX. )

Population

1950: ? inhabitants
1960: 5,500 inbabitants
1970: 8,800 inbabitants
1975: 10,800 inbabitants
1980: 11,600 inbabitants
1990: ? inbabitants
2000: ? inbabitants