Smołdzino, Słupsk County

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

54°39′48″N 17°12′49″E / 54.66333°N 17.21361°E / 54.66333; 17.21361Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountySłupskGminaSmołdzinoPopulation

• Total984

Smołdzino [smɔu̯ˈd͡ʑinɔ] (German: Schmolsin) is a village in Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Smołdzino.^[1] It lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-east of Słupsk and 98 km (61 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village is located, was a part of Germany.^[2]^[3] On March 8, 1945, the region was conquested by the Red Army, and after the end of World War II the local populace was expelled to West Germany and the town and district became part of Poland as Powiat słupski. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Karl-Heinz Pagel: Der Landkreis Stolp in Pommern. Lübeck 1989, pp. 870-881 (Download Description of village Schmolsin, in German)
^ For the older history of the village of Schmolsin see, e. g., Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königlich-Preußischen Herzogtums Vor- und Hinterpommern: Part II, Vol. 2, Stettin 1784, pp. 939-940, no. 6 (in German)