Szczecin County

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Szczecin County
County of the District of the Western Pomerania and Szczecin Voivodeship
1946–1975
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Counties of Poland in 1968, including the Szczecin County.
CapitalSzczecin (extrateritorially)
History
History 
• Established
29 May 1946
• Disestablished
1 June 1975
Contained within
 • Country Republic of Poland (1946–1947)
Polish People's Republic (1947–1975)
 • DistrictDistrict of the Western Pomerania (1946)
 • VoivodeshipSzczecin Voivodeship (1946–1975)
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Veletian County
Szczecin Voivodeship

Szczecin County[a] was a county centred around the town of Police, that existed from 1946 to 1975.[1]

History[]

Szczecin County was established on 29 May 1946, and located within the District of the Western Pomerania, that was under the administration of the Provisional Government of National Unity.[2][3][4] It was formed from the former districts of and that belonged to the Nazi Germany, and incorporated into it terriotry the Veletian County.[2] The district was disestablished on 28 June 1946, and the county become part of the Szczecin Voivodeship.[5] It remained under the control of the Provisional Government until , when the Polish People's Republic got founded. The county existed until 1 June 1975, when it was abolished due to the new .[6] Its capital was Szczecin, which itself wasn't part of the county, and existed as the separate city county.[2][1] The city was chose as the seat for the county, due to the existence the Enclave of Police from 1945 to 1946, which slowed the development of the town of Police, which would otherwise had been chosen for the seat instead.[1] In 1999, Police County was established within the same borders as the former Szczecin County.

Citations[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Polish: Powiat szczeciński

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Jan Matura: Historia Polic od czasów najstarszego osadnictwa do II wojny światowej. vol. 2. Police: Urząd Gminy w Policach, 2002, p. 153–154. ISBN 83-914853-5-8.
  2. ^ a b c Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 29 maja 1946 r. w sprawie tymczasowego podziału administracyjnego Ziem Odzyskanych.
  3. ^ Stanisław Jackowiak: Trudny powrót do macierzy, Warsaw: Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, 9-10/2005, ISSN 1641-9561.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Journal of Laws, no. 28, position: 177, 1946.
  6. ^ Ustawa z dnia 28 maja 1975 r. o dwustopniowym podziale administracyjnym Państwa oraz o zmianie ustawy o radach narodowych.
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