Wyszobór is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Płoty, within
Gryfice County,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.
It lies approximately north-east of
Płoty, east of
Gryfice, 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 ...
.
History
The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler
Mieszko I
Mieszko I (; – 25 May 992) was the first ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, the Duchy of Poland. His reign stretched from 960 to his death and he was a member of the Piast dynasty, a son of Siemomysł and ...
around 967. Following the fragmentation of Poland, it was part of the
Duchy of Pomerania.
During
World War II, the Germans operated a
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
subcamp of the prison in
Goleniów in the village.
Transport
The Polish
S6 highway passes nearby, east of Wyszobór.
References
Villages in Gryfice County
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