Ledzin
Encyclopedia
Lędzin ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Karnice
, within Gryfice County
, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Karnice
, 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Gryfice
, and 80 km (50 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany
. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania
.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Karnice
Gmina Karnice
Gmina Karnice is a rural gmina in Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Karnice, which lies approximately north-west of Gryfice and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...
, within Gryfice County
Gryfice County
Gryfice County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town...
, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...
, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Karnice
Karnice, Gryfice County
Karnice is a village in Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Karnice. It lies approximately north-west of Gryfice and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany...
, 20 km (12 mi) north-west of Gryfice
Gryfice
Gryfice is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland with 16 632 inhabitants . It is the capital of Gryfice County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship , previously in Szczecin Voivodeship .-History:...
, and 80 km (50 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin
Szczecin
Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania
History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania dates back more than 10,000 years. Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age...
.