Kołbaskowo (formerly german: Kolbitzow, (historically): ''Colbitzow'') is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in Police County,

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

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, close to the

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border. It is the seat of the

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over ...

(administrative district) called Gmina Kołbaskowo. It lies approximately south of

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and south-west 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 ...

. As of 2006 the village has a population of 410. The motorway at Kołbaskowo is the site of a major Schengen border crossing on the European route E28 connecting Berlin (Germany) with Szczecin and Gdańsk. The neighbouring village on the German side of the border is Pomellen, part of the

Nadrensee Nadrensee is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the n ...

municipality.

History

The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1243, when Duke

Barnim I Barnim I the Good ( – 13 November 1278) from the Griffin dynasty was a Duke of Pomerania (''ducis Slauorum et Cassubie'') from 1220 until his death. Life Son of Duke Bogislaw II and Miroslava of Pomerelia, he succeeded to the Duchy of Pomera ...

granted the local

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to the Cistercian women monastery in Szczecin. The village was eventually granted to the Cistercian nuns in 1286. Its name comes from the male name Kołbasek, which in turn comes from the Polish word '' kiełbaska''. Since the Middle Ages the area was part of Poland, the Duchy of Pomerania following Poland's fragmentation, Sweden,

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and Germany, before it became part of Poland again following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945.

Heritage monument

The most precious historic landmark of the village is the Romanesque Holy Trinity church with

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and

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interior, which was built in the 13th century with granite.

Communication

Kołbaskowo can be reached from Szczecin via the A6 autostrada and the National road (''Droga krajowa'') No. 13. The Bus line 81 leads to Siadło Górne,

Przecław Przecław is a small town in Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Przecław. It lies in Lesser Poland, approximately south of Mielec and north-we ...

and Szczecin: Gumieńce, Kościuszko Square and Nowe Miasto.

Sports

The local football club is Zryw Kołbaskowo, founded in 1971. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

* (1948–2016), Polish politician and activist, co-founder of the Solidarity movement in Szczecin, honorary citizen of Kołbaskowo

Gallery

0904 K ŚwT Kołbaskowo ZPL 4.jpg, Romanesque Holy Trinity church 0904 K ŚwT Kołbaskowo ZPL 5.jpg, Marian shrine 0904 Kołbaskowo UrzPoczta ZPL.jpg, Post office (2009)

References

Villages in Police County Germany–Poland border crossings {{Police-geo-stub