Wiejkowo

Wiejkowo
Village
Wiejkowo
Coordinates: 53°49′N 14°41′E / 53.817°N 14.683°E / 53.817; 14.683
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County Kamień
Gmina Wolin
Population 300

Wiejkowo [vjɛi̯ˈkɔvɔ] (German: Groß Weckow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wolin, within Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Wolin, 19 km (12 mi) south of Kamień Pomorski, and 45 km (28 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin.

The von Guentersberg family governed Weckow since 1299 until they died out in 1763 and the von Berg family received the town. Alexandrine von Berg inherited Weckow from her father and with her marriage to Albert von Ploetz[2] the town was in the possession of the von Ploetz family until 1945, when Communist Soviet Union and Poland took Eastern Germany in 1945. Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 300.

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Estates of the von Guentersberg family since 1299 till 1763, then till 1945 von Ploetz family


Coordinates: 53°49′N 14°41′E / 53.817°N 14.683°E / 53.817; 14.683

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