Wolin County
| Wolin County | |||||||||
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| County of the District of the Western Pomerania and Szczecin Voivodeship | |||||||||
| 1945–1972 | |||||||||
 Counties of Poland in 1968, including the Wolin County. | |||||||||
| Capital | Świnoujście | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 4 October 1945 | ||||||||
• Incorporation into Kamień County | 31 December 1972 | ||||||||
| Contained within | |||||||||
| • Country |  Republic of Poland (1945–1947) Polish People's Republic (1947–1972) | ||||||||
| • District | District of the Western Pomerania (1945–1946) | ||||||||
| • Voivodeship | Szczecin Voivodeship (1946–1975) | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
Wolin County[a] was a county of Szczecin Voivodeship, in the Polish People's Republic. It comprised Wolin, the eastern part of Usedom, and other smaller sournding islands. Its capital was Świnoujście. It existed from 1945 to 1975.[1]
History[]
The county was established on 4 October 1945, from the western part of , that was part of the territory ceased to Poland, after the fall of Nazi Germany.[2][1] It comprised Wolin, the eastern part of Usedom, and other smaller surrounding islands. Its capital was Świnoujście, and two other major towns were Wolin and Międzyzdroje. It was located within the Republic of Poland until 19 February 1947, when the Polish People's Republic replaced it. It was part of the District of the Western Pomerania, until 28 June 1946, when, the district was replaced by the Szczecin Voivodeship.[3]
As the German population was subjected to the expulsion from Poland, the area was resettled with Polish population. On 6 October 1945, the delegation of State Repatriation Office comprising of four people, had arrived in Świnoujście., where it established the regional branch of the office. At the same time, 2 institutions were established in Świnoujście and Wolin, with the purpose to prepare for the settling population. At the beginning of November, the institutions were equipped with the necessary appliances. The institution in Świnoujście had 96 sleeping locations, and in Wolin, 40. Both had their own kitchens, with, respectively, 120 and 75 employees. The State Repatriation Office in Świnoujście ceased to exist on 5 December 1947.[1]
The county existed until 31 December 1972, when it was partitioned between then-established Kamień County, and the city of Świnoujście, which become the separate city county, additionally including Lubin, Wapnica, Wicko, Grodno, and the Wolin National Park.
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- ^ a b c Kazimierz Kozłowski: Osadnictwo polskie w powiecie wolińskim w latach 1945–1948. In: Praca zbiorowa pod redakcją Tadeusza Biełeckiego: Z dziejów ziemi wolińskiej. Szczecin: West Pomeranian Instituite, 1979, p. 202-210.
- ^ Journal of Laws 1945, no. 33, position 196.
- ^ Journal of Laws, no. 28, position: 177, 1946.
- States and territories established in 1945
- States and territories disestablished in 1972
- Former counties of Poland
- 1945 establishments in Poland
- 1972 disestablishments in Poland
- Kamień County
- Świnoujście