Trzeszczyn | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Police |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Police |
Coordinates: | 53.55°N 45°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 260 |
Trzeszczyn (German Trestin)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.[2] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) north-west of Police and 160NaN0 north of the regional capital Szczecin.
In the area of the village there is a memorial to the victims of Nazi camps in a town named Police.
In the Middle Ages the area of Trzeszczyn was a part of Duchy of Pomerania. After receiving the land from the Germans that happened after the Second World War, in the year 1946 Trzeszczyn was incorporated into the Enclave of Police. Nowadays it is a part of Polish Police County. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 260.