Węgorzyce | |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Goleniów |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Osina |
Coordinates: | 53.5925°N 15.0456°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Population Total: | 220 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | ZGL |
Węgorzyce is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Osina, within Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-east of Osina, 160NaN0 east of Goleniów, and 370NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
The settlement has a population of 220.
The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967.[2] Following the fragmentation of Poland, it was part of the Duchy of Pomerania.
During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour subcamp of the prison in Goleniów in the village.[3]