Sypniewo, Złotów County

For other places with the same name, see Sypniewo.

Sypniewo
Village
Sypniewo
Coordinates: 53°28′6″N 16°36′22″E / 53.46833°N 16.60611°E / 53.46833; 16.60611
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Złotów
Gmina	Jastrowie
Population	1,300

Sypniewo [sɨpˈɲevɔ] (German: Zippnow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jastrowie, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Jastrowie, 32 km (20 mi) north-west of Złotów, and 121 km (75 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles. For more on its history, see Złotów County.

The village has a population of 1,300.

Notable residents

Ernst Ottwalt (November 13, 1901 – August 24, 1943), author

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.

Gmina Jastrowie

Town and seat	Jastrowie

Villages	Brzeźnica Brzeźnica-Kolonia Budy Budy-Folwark Drzewiec Krępsko Nadarzyce Piaski-Leśniczówka Samborsko Sypniewko Sypniewko-Folwark Sypniewo Sypniewo-Kolonia Trzebieszki

Coordinates: 53°28′6″N 16°36′22″E / 53.46833°N 16.60611°E / 53.46833; 16.60611

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