Zwierzyn | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Lubusz |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Strzelce-Drezdenko |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Zwierzyn |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.8333°N 49°W |
Population Total: | 1300 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | FSD |
Blank Name Sec2: | Voivodeship roads |
Website: | http://www.zwierzyn.pl/ |
Zwierzyn (de|Neu Mecklenburg)[1] is a village in Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the head of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Zwierzyn.[2] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-east of Strzelce Krajeńskie and 250NaN0 north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.
According to Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa (governmental institution responsible for the objects considered most important to the nation's cultural heritage) there is one heritage monument in Zwierzyn, the Church of Saint John the Baptist, which was built in 1767.
During World War II, the Germans enslaved Poles as forced labour in the village. On May 19, 1941, the Germans carried out a public execution of a 25-year-old Polish man.[3]
In 2015 a new railway station was erected in Zwierzyn.
Zwierzyn is located at the intersection of voivodeship roads 156 and 157, and there is also a railway station.
The local football club is Pionier Zwierzyn. It competes in the lower leagues.