Głobino

Głobino
—  Village  —
Głobino
Coordinates:
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Słupsk County
Gmina Gmina Słupsk
Population 448

Głobino [ɡwɔˈbinɔ] (German Gumbin) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słupsk, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Słupsk (Stolp) and 100 km (62 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk (Danzig).

Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village is located, was part of Germany.[2][3] On March 8th, 1945, the region was occupied by the Red Army, and after the end of World War II it was put under Polish administration. Thereafter, most of the village's inhabitants were expelled by the Poles. Eight German families comprising about three dozens of Persons were kept in the village until 1957. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 448.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 
  2. ^ Karl-Heinz Pagel: Der Landkreis Stolp in Pommern. Lübeck 1989, pp. 560-562, in German (Online)
  3. ^ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königlich-Preußischen Herzogtums Vor- und Hinterpommern. Part II, Vol. 2, Stettin 1784, p. 971, no. 61, in German (Online)