Brzeźniak | |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wałcz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Człopa |
Coordinates: | 53.1472°N 16.0764°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Elevation Min M: | 83 |
Elevation Max M: | 102 |
Population Total: | 11 |
Brzeźniak (German: Birkholz)[1] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Człopa, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 9km (06miles) north-west of Człopa, 300NaN0 south-west of Wałcz, and 1040NaN0 east of the regional capital Szczecin.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, and in 1772–1945 it belonged to Prussia and Germany. For more on its history, see Wałcz County.