Uniemyśl (german: Wilhelmsdorf) 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 Police Gmina Police is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, on the German border. Its seat is the town of Police, which lies approximately north of the regional capital Sz ...

, within

Police County __NOTOC__ Police County ( pl, powiat policki, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Polish-German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a res ...

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, close to the

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border. It lies approximately north of

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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 ...

History

First references to Uniemyśl (''Wilhelmsdorf'') came from 1760. For the 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 ...

.''Encyclopedia of Szczecin''. Supplement 1. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 2003, pp. 279-280. (pl) Uniemyśl, known as ''Wilhelmsdorf'' to its residents while part of

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, became part of

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 ...

after the end of

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and changed its name to the

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''Uniemyśl''. Below is a timeline showing the history of the different administrations that this city has been included in. Political-administrative membership * War ensign of the German Empire Navy 1848-1852

War ensign of the German Empire Navy 1848-1852

1815–1866:

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Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...

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 ...

1866–1871:

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1871–1918:

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1919–1933:

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1933–1945:

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1945–1946:

Enclave Police Enclave of Police was an area centred on the town of Police, in the District of the Western Pomerania, Poland, that was under the administration of the Red Army of the Soviet Union, from 5 October 1945 to 25 September 1946. It was independent of Po ...

, (the area reporting to the

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) *

1946–1952:

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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 ...

1952–1975:

1975–1989:

1989–1998:

1999 – Current:

Western Pomerania Historical Western Pomerania, also called Cispomerania, Fore Pomerania, Front Pomerania or Hither Pomerania (german: Vorpommern), is the western extremity of the historic region of Pomerania forming the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, Weste ...

powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powia ...

Monuments * Houses from years 30. and 40. the 20th century * Railway station from years 30. the 20th century Demography * The village has a population: * 1862 – 162 * 1939 – 501 * 1972 – 400 * 2001 – 315

Tourism

PTTK ''Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze'', PTTK (Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society) is a Polish non-governmental tourist organization with 312 branches across the country. The PTTK is one of the oldest tourist societies in Europe. ...

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(green footpath POL Szlak zielony

''Trail of Ornithologists''-''Szlak Ornitologów'') in an area of Uniemyśl in Wkrzanska Forest.''Okolice Szczecina: 1:75 000''. Warsaw : ExpressMap Polska, 2007. p.1-2. * Bicycle trail (red Szlak rowerowy czerwony

''Trail "Puszcza Wkrzańska"''-''Szlak "Puszcza Wkrzańska"'') in an area of Uniemyśl in Wkrzanska Forest.

History

Tourism

References

See also