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Słońsk (Template:Lang-de) is a village in Sulęcin County of Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland. The village borders the Ujście Warty National Park. It had town privileges from 1808 - 1945. It was the site of a former Nazi concentration camp which is now a museum.

History

Name Słońsk after 1945, it was first documented in 1295 under its German name Sonnenburg. the Templerorder held a settlement in the city. The properties of the Templers went to the Johanniterorden (Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) connected to the Knights Hospitallers, but later became Protestant. In 1312 the Margrave of Brandenburg and the Bishop of Lebus were co-owners. Henning and Arnold von Uechtenhagen received Sonnenberg as lien and in 1341 built the first castle. Since the 15th century the city was closely connected to the Johanniter, who purchased it from Margrave Friedrich I. of Brandenburg. The castle became the seat of the Ballei Brandenburg and the order extended ther city greatly, with a new church, built between 1474-1522 and a new castle between 1545-1564.

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52°34′N 14°49′E / 52.567°N 14.817°E / 52.567; 14.817

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