Stare Łysogórki (german: Alt-Lietzegöricke) is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Mieszkowice, within
Gryfino County,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the
German border.
It lies approximately west of
Mieszkowice, south of
Gryfino, and south 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 ...
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There is a World War II cemetery, where about 2,000 Polish soldiers rest, a monument commemorating the sappers of the
First Polish Army,
[''Strategia Rozwoju Społeczno-Gospodarczego Gminy Mieszkowice na lata 2014-2024'', p. 18 (in Polish)] and a museum dedicated to the First Polish Army (''
Muzeum Pamiątek 1 Armii Wojska Polskiego'') in the village.
The village has a population of 150.
History
From the
High Middle Ages the region was part of the
Kingdom of Poland,
Margraviate of Brandenburg,
Czech Kingdom
The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...
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Teutonic Order, Brandenburg again,
Prussia and Germany from 1871 to 1945, administratively located at that time in the
Province of Brandenburg (
Frankfurt Region), and again Poland after the defeat of
Nazi Germany in
World War II.
When part of
Prussia, after the drainage of the
Oderbruch, in 1753 a new village, the present , was founded including wetlands formerly used by people from then Lietzegöricke, and therefore named after it. Lietzegöricke later adopted a name extension as Alt-Lietzegöricke (''Alt'' and ''Stare'' both meaning "old"), and was renamed again after 1945.
Notable residents
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Hermann Nothnagel (1841–1905), physician
References
Villages in Gryfino County
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