Mechowo, Kamień County

Mechowo
Village

Manor house in 1926
Mechowo
Coordinates: 53°53′47″N 15°1′23″E / 53.89639°N 15.02306°E / 53.89639; 15.02306
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County Kamień
Gmina Golczewo

Mechowo [mɛˈxɔvɔ] (German: Dorphagen)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Golczewo, within Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Golczewo, 18 km (11 mi) south-east of Kamień Pomorski, and 61 km (38 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Prior to 1945 the village was in Germany and known as Dorphagen. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration by the Potsdam Agreement under territorial changes demanded by the Soviet Union. Most Germans fled or were expelled and were replaced with Poles expelled from the Polish areas annexed by the Soviet Union.

References

  1. ↑ M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.


Coordinates: 53°53′47″N 15°1′23″E / 53.89639°N 15.02306°E / 53.89639; 15.02306


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