Niekłończyca

Niekłończyca
Village
Niekłończyca
Niekłończyca
Coordinates: 53°36′55″N 14°30′35″E / 53.61528°N 14.50972°E / 53.61528; 14.50972
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Police
Gmina	Police
Population (2006)	390

Niekłończyca [ɲekwɔɲˈt͡ʂɨt͡sa] (formerly German: Königsfelde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.^[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Police and 23 km (14 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin.

History

First references to Niekłończyca (Königsfelde) came from 1750. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany.^[2] Niekłończyca, known as Königsfelde to its residents while part of Germany from 1815–1945, became part of Poland after the end of World War II and changed its name to the Polish Niekłończyca.^[2]

Below is a time line showing the history of the different administrations that this city has been included in.

Political-administrative membership:^[2]

1815–1866: German Confederation, Kingdom of Prussia, Pomerania
1866–1871: North German Confederation, Kingdom of Prussia, Pomerania
1871–1918: German Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Pomerania
1919–1933: Weimar Republic, Free State of Prussia, Pomerania
1933–1945: Nazi Germany, Pomerania
1945–1946: Enclave of Police (the area reporting to the Red Army)
1946–1989: People's Republic of Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship
1989–1998: Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship
1999–present: Poland, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Police County

Monuments

Church in Niekłończyca

Baroque church (1787)
Houses from the 19th and the 20th century

Demography

The population of Niekłończyca:^[2]

1863 – 385
1939 – 625
2001 – 350
2006 – 390

Tourism

Bicycle trail (red Trail "Puszcza Wkrzańska"-Szlak "Puszcza Wkrzańska") in an area of Niekłończyca in Wkrzanska Forest.^[3]

References