Zielin (german: Sellin) 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 Gryfice, within
Gryfice 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 Poland.
It lies approximately north 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 ...
.
[Gmina Gryfice (2014)]
Zielin.
Source: Gryfice. ''Dzieje Miasta'', praca zbiorowa pod redakcją Tadeusza Białeckiego, wyd. Urząd Miasta Gryfice, Uniwersytet Szczeciński
The University of Szczecin ( pl, Uniwersytet Szczeciński) is a public university in Szczecin, western Poland. It is the biggest university in West Pomerania, with 33,267 students and a staff of nearly 1,200. It consists of 9 faculties:
# Facult ...
, Oficyna Wydawnicza Archiwum Państwowego w Szczecinie „Dokument”; 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 ...
2013.
Before 1637 the area was part of
Duchy of Pomerania. 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 ...
.
References
Zielin
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