Świdwin [ˈɕfidvin] (German: Schivelbein; Kashubian: Skwilbëno) is a town in West Pomeranian Voivodeship of northwestern Poland.

[3] From 1373 it was part of the Lands of the Bohemian (Czech) Crown as one of its northernmost towns, in 1384 it was passed to the State of the Teutonic Order, and in 1455 to Brandenburg, which possession it remained until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.

The Battle of Świdwin took place south of the town during 6–7 March 1945, in which a German SS corps was encircled and destroyed by two Soviet and one Polish armies.

[5][6] After World War II Farther Pomerania with Schivelbein became part of Poland under h a Soviet-installed communist regime, which stayed in power until the Fall of Communism in the 1980s.

In February 1947, the British administration in occupied Germany refused to accept refugees so that the camp became completely overcrowded.

[7] The town's first post-war mayor was Jan Górski, and Polish schools, institutions and factories were established, however war damage was not removed until the 1950s.

The military airport operated by the Polish Air Force is located about 5 km (3.11 mi) from the city centre.