Gałęzinowo

Gałęzinowo
—  Village  —
Gałęzinowo
Coordinates:
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Słupsk County
Gmina Gmina Słupsk
Population 280

Gałęzinowo [ɡawɛ̃ʑiˈnɔvɔ] (German Überlauf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słupsk, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Słupsk (Stolp) and 113 km (70 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk (Danzig).

Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village ist located, was part of Germany. Überlauf was a fairly young village, founded during the first quarter of the 19th century.[2] 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. All inhabitants of Überlauf were expelled by the Poles. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 280.

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. 974-977, in German (Online)