Stare Łysogórki Explained

Stare Łysogórki
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:West Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gryfino
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Mieszkowice
Coordinates:52.7833°N 31°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:150

Stare Łysogórki (German: Alt-Lietzegöricke) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mieszkowice, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.[1] It lies approximately 14km (09miles) west of Mieszkowice, 540NaN0 south of Gryfino, and 740NaN0 south of the regional capital Szczecin.

There is a World War II cemetery, where about 2,000 Polish soldiers rest, a monument commemorating the sappers of the First Polish Army,[2] and a museum dedicated to the First Polish Army (Muzeum Pamiątek 1 Armii Wojska Polskiego) in the village.

The village has a population of 150.

History

From the High Middle Ages the region was part of the Kingdom of Poland, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Czech Kingdom, Teutonic Order, Brandenburg again, Prussia and Germany from 1871 to 1945, administratively located at that time in the Province of Brandenburg (Frankfurt Region), and again Poland after the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

When part of Prussia, after the drainage of the Oderbruch, in 1753 a new village, the present, was founded including wetlands formerly used by people from then Lietzegöricke, and therefore named after it. Lietzegöricke later adopted a name extension as Alt-Lietzegöricke (Alt and Stare both meaning "old"), and was renamed again after 1945.

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Strategia Rozwoju Społeczno-Gospodarczego Gminy Mieszkowice na lata 2014-2024, p. 18 (in Polish)