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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Czelin
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = Gmina Mieszkowice, Poland - panoramio (17).jpg
| image_caption = Czelin with the Our Lady of Częstochowa church
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Pomeranian Voivodeship|West Pomeranian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gryfino County|Gryfino]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Mieszkowice|Mieszkowice]]
| coordinates = {{coord|52|44|N|14|23|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| elevation_m = 11
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| population_total = 420
| website =
}}
'''Czelin''' {{IPAc-pl|'|cz|e|l|i|n}} ({{langx|de|Zellin}}) is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Mieszkowice]], within [[Gryfino County]], [[West Pomeranian Voivodeship]], in north-western Poland, close to the [[Germany|German]] border.<ref name="TERYT">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}}</ref> It lies approximately {{convert|9|km|mi|0}} south-west of [[Mieszkowice]], {{convert|58|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Gryfino]], and {{convert|77|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Szczecin]].

The village has a population of 420.

The landmarks of Czelin are the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] Our Lady of Częstochowa church and the Monument to the first Polish border post on the Oder river.<ref>''Strategia Rozwoju Społeczno-Gospodarczego Gminy Mieszkowice na lata 2014-2024'', p. 17 (in Polish)</ref>

==History==
In the [[Early Middle Ages]], it was a [[West Slavs|Slavic]] settlement and [[gród|stronghold]],<ref name=pwn>{{cite web|url=https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/Czelin;3889430.html|title=Czelin|website=Encyklopedia PWN|accessdate=16 February 2020|language=Polish}}</ref> which became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler [[Mieszko I of Poland]] in 963.<ref>''Strategia Rozwoju Społeczno-Gospodarczego Gminy Mieszkowice na lata 2014-2024'', p. 4 (in Polish)</ref> During its history it formed part of the [[Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)|Kingdom of Poland]], [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]], [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown|Czech Kingdom]], [[Teutonic Order]], Brandenburg again, [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] and Germany from 1871 to 1945, before becoming again part of Poland after the defeat of [[Nazi Germany]] in [[World War II]]. It is a former town, as it enjoyed [[town rights]] from the 14th to the 18th century.<ref name=pwn/> Czelin is best known as the place where the first Polish border post on the Odra River was erected in 1945 in the final stages of [[World War II]].<ref name=pwn/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gmina Mieszkowice}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Gryfino County]]

{{Gryfino-geo-stub}}

Czelin - Revision history

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