Pełczyce
http://www.pelczyce.pl
The District of Pelczyce
area: 201 km 2
population: 8 100
The first historical information concerning the towns and cities located within the district of Pelczyce (Terra Bernstein) date back to 1230-1240.
- In the years 1279-1280 the margraves: Otton V, Otton VII and Albrecht III took control over Pelczyce
- In 1315 the ruler of Pelczyce was duke Otto I Szczecinski
- In 1348 Barnim III Szczecinski gave this town to his wife
- About 1414 Pelczyce was included in the register of feudal allegiance of the Order of Teutonic Knights
- In 1478 the town of Pelczyce was burnt by the Brandenburg elector Albrecht
- In 1537 the Order of Cistercian monks was reformed
- great fires in 1568 and 1575 caused the the uprising of burghers in 1576
- In 1816 Pelczyce belonged to the County of Myslibórz,
- At the beginning of 1945 Pelczyce (Berstein) was taken by the Russian army
- For the short time the town got a name ” Bursztynowo”
- Till 1975 in the Szczecin Province, later on in the Gorzów Province and at present in the County of Choszczno in the West Pomeranian Province
