POLSKA	POLAND
województwo: Lubuskie	voivodship: Lebus
powiat: Strzelce-Drezdenko	county: Strzelce-Drezdenko

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Strzelce Krajeńskie (German: Friedeberg (Neumark)) is situated at an elevation of 72 m about 25 km northwest of Gorzów Wielkoposki and about 120 km north of Zielona Góra, the two capitals of the Lubusz Voivodeship. The municipality is the capital of Strzelce-Drezdenko County and has a population of about 10,000 (2019).

In 1254, the area came innto possession of the margraves of Brandenburg. In a strategically favorable location, a castle was founded in a Slavic village of unknown name during the development phase of Neumark. The town received the privileges of a town before 1286, and aroundthis time the German name Friedeberg came into use. In the 14th century, the city gained in importance when it received the sole navigation rights for rivers Notec (Netze) and Warta (Warthe) in 1345. In 1363, it obtained the status of a market town. In 1717 Friedeberg became a Prussian garrison, which resulted in an economic boom. In the 18th century it benefited directly from the drainage program for the Notec marshlands, which had been initiated in 1770. With the Prussian administrative reorganization in 1816, Friedeberg became the district town of the district of the same name in the administrative district of Frankfurt in the province of Brandenburg. When the province of Grenzmark Posen–West Prussia was dissolved in 1938, Friedeberg and the district became part of the Pomerania province. After World War II, the town became part of Poland and the German-speaking population was expelled. In 1946 the official name of the town was chenged to Strzelce Krajeńskie. This name goes back to the Slavic name of the place, which already existed before the German settlement in the 13th century in the form of Strelci and roughly means 'the place of archers'.

The Gothic Mill Gate (brama Młyńska, in German: Driesener Tor, Drezdenko Gate), was built in the 15th century as part of the Medieval fortifications. Presently, it is home of a state music school.

Further places of the (former) name Friedeberg and of which there are items in this collection are: Mirsk in Lower Silesia (German: Friedeberg am Queis).

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strzelce_Kraje%C5%84skie, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strzelce_Kraje%C5%84skie, https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strzelce_Kraje%C5%84skie]