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Over the next centuries, the town slowly recovered: in 1750, it had about 1,500 inhabitants, and more than 3,500 in 1850, occupied primarily with agriculture. From that period, several 18th-century
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Mieszkowice continued in the following years, especially in the period between 1970 and 1992 when many new buildings were constructed. In 1997 the whole town was connected to the
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Beispiel von Mieszkowice (Bärwalde)". In Bernd Vogenbeck (ed.).
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Land (at that time
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pipeline. In 1998 a new sport centre was opened. Until 1998, Mieszkowice was administratively part of the
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Prussami, poprzedzone rysem dziejów wojen krzyżowych
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1254:(in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka. p. 187.
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