Dziwnówek (formerly ) is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Dziwnów __NOTOC__ Gmina Dziwnów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Dziwnów, which lies approximately north-west of Kamień Pomorski and nort ...

, within

Kamień County __NOTOC__ Kamień County ( pl, powiat kamieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It existed from 1944 to 1975 and was re-established i ...

West Pomeranian Voivodeship The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was i ...

, in north-western

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. It lies approximately north-east of

Dziwnów Dziwnów (formerly german: Dievenow) is a town in north-western Poland situated on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the river Dziwna which divides it into the right-bank part containing the center of the town, belonging to historical Farther Pome ...

, north of Kamień Pomorski, and north of the regional capital

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

. According to the data from 2015, the village had 391 inhabiters. In Dziwnówek 400 m of the

coastline The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...

became designated swimming and bathing area in the summer.

Location

Dziwnówek is situated in the western part of the

coastline, in the north part of the

. The village finds itself on the forefront of the Dziwnów Spit

geological formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...

, between the Baltic Sea and Wrzosowo

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

, which constitutes the northernmost part of Kamień bay. It is a part of Trzebiatów Coast, one of the mesoregions of Szczecin seacoast. Historically, Dziwnówek lies in the north part of

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

History

The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1503. It was a small fishing village. From 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany, known in German as ''Klein Dievenow''. In the final stages of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, in March 1945, the was fought between the Polish and German armies. The then second lieutenant and future head of state Wojciech Jaruzelski commanded a reconnaissance unit in the 5th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Polish Army.Plan Odnowy Miejscowości Dziwnówek na lata 2008–2015
Szczecin: Europejskie Centrum Doradcze, 2008-06, p. 8 (Uchwała Nr XXXVI/218/2008 Rady Miejskiej w Dziwnowie z dnia 21 października 2008 r.) (in Polish) After the Polish victory the symbolic ceremony of Poland's Wedding to the Sea took place in Dziwnówek on March 15. In 1975 a monument to the soldiers of the of the 2nd Infantry Division was unveiled in the village. In the years 1974–2005 Dziwnówek was recognized by the Polish government as a town with conditions for conducting spa treatment, thanks to which medical facilities could be run here. Based on the properties of natural conditions, the main treatment directions were established for the health care facilities in Dziwnówek: child respiratory and locomotor system diseases. On July 18, 1982, the foundation act was laid for building a church in the village. The ceremony was led by Bishop Stanisław Stefanek.M.W., ''Nowy kościół w Dziwnówku'', w: '' Przewodnik Katolicki'', nr 27/1982, p. 7 (in Polish) From 1975 to 1998 Dziwnówek was located in the

Szczecin Voivodeship Szczecin Voivodeship may also refer to: * Szczecin Voivodeship (1946–1975) *Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998) *West Pomeranian Voivodeship, with the capital in Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ...

Infrastructure

The main tourist destination of the village is the beach.

References

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