Stepnica

Stepnica
town
Stepnica
Coordinates: 53°39′13″N 14°37′57″E / 53.65361°N 14.63250°E / 53.65361; 14.63250
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Goleniów
Gmina	Stepnica
Population	2,067

Stepnica [stɛpˈnit͡sa] (German: Bad Stepenitz) is a town in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stepnica.^[1] It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Goleniów and 27 km (17 mi) north of Szczecin, the capital of the region.

The area was part of Duchy of Pomerania within the Holy Roman Empire since the 12th century, from 1648 until 1945 part of Prussia and Germany. Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Municipal law was given on January 1, 2014.^[2] The town has a population of 2,067.

Stepnica is situated near the estuary of the Oder River - Roztoka Odrzańska, south of the Szczecin Lagoon on the route canoe between Police and Trzebież.

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ http://www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl/du/2013/869/1

Gmina Stepnica

Seat	Stepnica

Other villages	Bogusławie Borowice Budzień Czarnocin Gąsierzyno Jarszewko Kopice Krokorzyce Łąka Miłowo Piaski Małe Racimierz Rogów Stepniczka Widzieńsko Żarnówko Żarnowo Zielonczyn

Coordinates: 53°39′13″N 14°37′57″E / 53.65361°N 14.63250°E / 53.65361; 14.63250

Geography of Pomerania

Regions

Current	Vorpommern (Western or Hither Pomerania) Zachodniopomorskie Pomerelia Kashubia Pomorskie Pomerania euroregion

Former	Farther Pomerania Circipania Lauenburg and Bütow Land Lands of Schlawe and Stolp

Administration

Towns

Lists

List of towns in Vorpommern
List of towns in Farther Pomerania
Pomeranian cities, towns and villages
List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania
- A–H
- I–P
- Q–Z

Largest

>100,000	Tricity Gdańsk Gdynia Sopot Szczecin Koszalin

>50,000	Słupsk Stargard Szczeciński Stralsund Greifswald

Islands

Peninsulae

Rivers

Lakes

Bays, lagoons

National parks

History of Pomerania

Administrative

Western Pomerania Farther Pomerania (before 1945)	Billung March Northern March Principality of Rügen Duchy of Pomerania House of Pomerania List of Dukes Cammin Gützkow Schlawe-Stolp Lauenburg-Bütow Partitions Pomerania-Stolp Swedish Pomerania Brandenburgian Pomerania (Draheim) Province of Pomerania 1815–1945 Neumark Köslin Region Stettin Region Stralsund Region Posen-West Prussia Region List of placenames Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Zachodniopomorskie (after 1945)	Szczecin Voivodeship Koszalin Voivodeship Słupsk Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomerelia (Kashubia)	Medieval duchies (Samborides) State of the Teutonic Order Royal Prussia (Pomeranian Voivodeship 1466–1772) Free City of Danzig 1807–1814 West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship 1919–1939 (Polish Corridor) Free City of Danzig 1920–1939 Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship

Ecclesiastical

Roman Catholic

Historical	Conversion of Pomerania Diocese of Kolberg (Congress of Gniezno) Diocese of Cammin Diocese of Culm Diocese of Roskilde Diocese of Włocławek (Leslau) Prelature of Schneidemühl

Extant	Archdiocese of Berlin Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Pelplin

Protestant

Demography

Archaeological cultures

Peoples

Major demographic events

Languages and dialects

West Germanic	Low German Low Prussian Pomeranian Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch East Pomeranian Standard German

West Slavic	Polabian Polish Pomeranian Kashubian Slovincian

Treaties

1200–1500	Kremmen (1236) Landin (1250) Kępno (1282) Soldin (1309) Templin (1317) Stralsund (1354) Stralsund (1370) Thorn (1411) Soldin (1466) Thorn (1466) Prenzlau (1448 / 1472 / 1479) Pyritz (1493)

1500–1700	Grimnitz (1529) Stettin (1570) Franzburg (1627) Stettin (1630) Westphalia (1648) Stettin (1653) Labiau (1656) Wehlau and Bromberg (1657) Oliva (1660) Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1679) Lund (1679)

1700–present	Stockholm (1719 / 1720) Frederiksborg (1720) Kiel (1814) Vienna (1815) Versailles (1919) Potsdam (1945)

Authority control	VIAF: 236125058 GND: 4662080-1

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