Zaleszczyce Explained

Zaleszczyce
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:West Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gryfice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Gryfice
Coordinates:53.9064°N 15.1481°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom

Zaleszczyce (German: Stuthof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gryfice, within Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) west of Gryfice and 660NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Before 1637 the area was part of Duchy of Pomerania. In 1939 the population of Stuthof consisted of 22 persons. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Gmina Gryfice (2014), Zaleszczyce. Source: Gryfice. Dzieje Miasta, praca zbiorowa pod redakcją Tadeusza Białeckiego, wyd. Urząd Miasta Gryfice, Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Oficyna Wydawnicza Archiwum Państwowego w Szczecinie „Dokument”; Szczecin 2013; s. 609-610.