Rokita | |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Goleniów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Przybiernów |
Coordinates: | 53.7644°N 14.8411°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 270 |
Rokita (formerly German: Rackitt)[1] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Przybiernów, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) east of Przybiernów, 240NaN0 north of Goleniów, and 430NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
In the 960s the area became part of Poland after Mieszko I defeated the local Slavic tribes. From 1871 to 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The settlement has a population of 270.