Dębostrów

Dębostrów
—  Village  —
Dębostrów
Dębostrów
Coordinates: 53°36′17″N 14°31′17″E / 53.60472°N 14.52139°E / 53.60472; 14.52139
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Police
Gmina	Police
Population	170

Dębostrów [dɛmˈbɔstruf] (formerly German Damuster) 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 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Police and 22 km (14 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin.

History

Dębostrów, Christian cross

First references to Dębostrów (Damuster) came from 1784. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Dębostrów, known as Damuster 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 Dębostrów.

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

Political-administrative membership

• 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: Weimarer Republik, Free State of Prussia, Pomerania
• 1933 - 1945: Nazi Germany, Pomerania
• 1945 - 1946: Enclave Police, (the area reporting to the Red Army)
• 1946 - 1952: People's Republic of Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship
• 1952 - 1975: People's Republic of Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship
• 1975 - 1989: People's Republic of Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship
• 1989 - 1998: Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship
• 1999 - Current: Poland, Western Pomerania, powiat Police County, gmina Police

Monuments

• Railway station from years 30. the 20th century

Demography

• The village has a population:
• 1862 – 172
• 1939 – 155
• 2001 – 252
• 2006 – 170

Tourism

• Bicycle trail (red Trail "Puszcza Wkrzańska"-Szlak "Puszcza Wkrzańska") in an area of Dębostrów in Wkrzanska Forest

See also

• Police
• Szczecin

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. 

Coordinates: 53°36′17″N 14°31′17″E / 53.60472°N 14.52139°E / 53.60472; 14.52139