Siemianice, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

54°30′1″N 17°3′31″E / 54.50028°N 17.05861°E / 54.50028; 17.05861Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountySłupskGminaSłupskElevation

78 m (256 ft)Population

approximately 2,000Websitehttp://www.slupsk.ug.gov.pl/test/siemianice.htm

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Siemianice [ɕɛmjaˈnit͡sɛ] (German: Schmaatz)^[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słupsk, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[2] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Słupsk and 104 km (65 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village is located, was part of Germany.^[3]^[4] On March 8, 1945, the region was captured by the Red Army, and after the end of World War II it became part of Poland. The German inhabitants were expelled. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

References

^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Karl-Heinz Pagel: Der Landkreis Stolp in Pommern. Lübeck 1989, pp. 863-869 (Download Description of village Schmaatz, in German)
^ For older notes on the history of the village of Schmaatz see, e. g., Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königlich-Preußischen Herzogtums Vor- und Hinterpommern. Part II, Vol 2, Stettin 1784, p. 929, no. 9 and p. 1001, no. 123 (in German)