Połczyn-Zdrój

Połczyn-Zdrój [ˈpɔu̯t͡ʂɨn ˈzdrui̯] (Kashubian: Pôłczëno; German: Bad Polzin) is a town in Świdwin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 8,372 inhabitants (2010).

[3] The town and its castle are mentioned in historical records from 1321 and 1331, respectively, which state that they belonged to a fief that the powerful noble Wedel family had obtained from the Pomeranian dukes.

[6] During World War II the Germans established a camp for kidnapped Polish children intended for Germanisation.

[3] On 5 March 1945, the town was captured by the Poles[7] and after the end of the war it became again part of Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime.

[8] The town's first post-war mayor was Benedykt Polak, former prisoner of the Oflag II-C German prisoner-of-war camp.