Nosalin (Polish pronunciation: ; German: ''Nitzlin'') 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 the administrative district of

Gmina Postomino __NOTOC__ Gmina Postomino is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sławno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. Its seat is the village of Postomino, which lies approximately north of Sławno and northeast of the r ...

, within

Sławno County __NOTOC__ Sławno County ( pl, powiat sławieński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result ...

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. It lies approximately south-east of

Postomino Postomino (Polish pronunciation: ; formerly ) is a village in Sławno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Postomino. It lies approximately north of Sław ...

, north-east of Sławno, and north-east 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 ...

. In 2021, Nosalin had 158 inhabitants.

History

Not much is known about the history of the village from documented sources. It is assumed that the village has always been a pure

farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

village without a

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...

. The village had been a

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an Lord, overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a for ...

of the von Below family since 1466. Around 1780 it was one of the largest villages in the area, with 17 farmers, a smithy, a schoolmaster and 34 fireplaces. In the meantime, one of three parts of the village had fallen into the possession of the von Krockow family (from 1635 to 1637). In 1804 it was again entirely in the possession of the von Below family. In 1835, the von Below family sold it to the

Prussian state Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

, probably in connection with the Prussian Reform Movement. Since then it has been an independent farming village. On 8 March 1945, the village was occupied by Soviet troops. The farms were taken over by Poles. In April 1947, all Germans were expelled.Hugo Römer: ''Nitzlin''. In: Manfred Vollack (Hrsg.): ''Der Kreis Schlawe - Ein pommersches Heimatbuch, 2. Band - Die Städte und Landgemeinden'', Husum, 1989. (German)Nosalin
(webpage about the village of Nosalin at www.postomino.pl; Polish) The layout and spatial, oval-shaped structure of the village changed little after 1945. A few buildings remained in their original form. Most of them, however, were rebuilt. From 1975 to 1998 the village was administratively assigned to the Słupsk Voivodeship. For the general history of the region, see

History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...

Religion

The population was entirely Protestant before 1945 and belonged to the parish in

Pieszcz Pieszcz (formerly German ''Peest'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Postomino, within Sławno County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Postomino, north-east of Sławn ...

(''Peest''). Bildstock Nosalin.jpg, Wayside shrine Wegekreuz Nosalin.jpg, Wayside cross Bridge over Wieprza in Nosalin.jpg, Bridge over the Wieprza River Wieprza in Nosalin.jpg, Wieprza River Dorf Nosalin.jpg, View to the village centre of Nosalin

School

Before 1945, the village school consisted of two classes taught in a separate school building with two teachers' flats. The school building was constructed around 1930.

References

Nosalin {{Sławno-geo-stub