Objezierze, Bytów County Explained

Objezierze
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bytów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Trzebielino
Coordinates:54.3°N 17.0658°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:225

Objezierze (German: Wobeser)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzebielino, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 12km (07miles) north of Trzebielino, 340NaN0 north-west of Bytów, and 1030NaN0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The local church was used by German-speaking Lutherans until 1972, when the catholic priest illegally exchanged the doorlocks and took over the church for the Catholics.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  3. Jan Wild: „Podwójna diaspora. Wybrane aspekty dziejów Kościoła ewangelickiego na Pomorzu w latach 1945-1994“ in Polski protestantyzm w czasach nazizmu i komunizmu. Zbiór studiów pod redakcją Jarosława Kłaczkowa, Toruń 2009, pp. 401-433,