District of the Western Pomerania
District of the Western Pomerania | |||||||||||
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District of the Republic of Poland | |||||||||||
1945–1946 | |||||||||||
The administrative subdivisions of Poland in 1945, including the District of the Western Pomerania | |||||||||||
Capital | Koszalin (before 5 July 1945) Szczecin (after 5 July 1945) | ||||||||||
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Attorney-in-fact | |||||||||||
• 1945–1946 | |||||||||||
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• Established | 14 March 1945 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 24 June 1946 | ||||||||||
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• Country | Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland
(1945) Provisional Government of National Unity (1945–1946) | ||||||||||
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The District of the Western Pomerania,[a] also designated as the 3rd District,[b] was a district that acted as an provisional administrative division of Poland, during the administration of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland in 1945, and the Provisional Government of National Unity from 1945 to 1946.[1][2] It was centered around the area of the Farther Pomerania and Lubusz Land. Its capital was originally in Koszalin, and was moved to Szczecin, after Poland was given the administration of the city on 5 July 1945.[3][4] It was established as one of four provisional districts on 14 March 1945.[1][5] On 25 September 1945, its southern part was incorporated into the .[6] It existed until 28 June 1946, when it was abolished and incorporated into the Szczecin Voivodeship.[2] The head of the district was the attorney-in-fact .[1]
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The administrative subdivisions of Poland from 25 September to 24 June 1945, including the District of the Western Pomerania.
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- ^ a b c Stanisław Jackowiak: Trudny powrót do macierzy, Warsaw: Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, 9-10/2005, ISSN 1641-9561.
- ^ a b Journal of Laws, no. 28, position: 177, 1946.
- ^ "Historia Koszalina od 1945 roku". koszalin.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Jak Stettin stał się Szczecinem". histmag.org (in Polish).
- ^ Andrzej Gawryszewski: Ludność Polski w XX wieku. Warsaw: Polska Akademia Nauk – Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania im. Stanisława Leszczyckiego, 2005, series: Monografie. ISBN 83-87954-66-7. ISSN 1643-2312. p. 43.
- ^ Uchwała Rady Ministrów z dnia 7 lipca 1945 r. w sprawie wyłączenia z Okręgów Pomorze Zachodnie, Mazurskiego (Prusy Wschodnie) i Śląsk Dolny niektórych powiatów i przyznania na terenie tychże powiatów wojewodom: Gdańskiemu, Białostockiemu, Pomorskiemu i Poznańskiemu uprawnień Pełnomocników Okręgowych Rządu R. P.
- States and territories established in 1945
- States and territories disestablished in 1946
- History of Pomerania
- History of Szczecin
- Koszalin
- 1945 establishments in Poland
- 1946 disestablishments in Poland
- Districts of Poland (1945–1946)