Dziwnówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dziwnów, within

Kamień County __NOTOC__ Kamień County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It existed from 1945 to 1975 and was re-established in its current form on ...

West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people. It was established on 1 Janua ...

, in north-western

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. It lies approximately north-east of Dziwnów, north of

Kamień Pomorski Kamień Pomorski (; ; or ''Kammin'') is a spa town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It is the seat of an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Kamień County which lies approximately 63&n ...

, and north of the regional capital

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

. According to the data from 2015, the village had 391 inhabitants. In Dziwnówek, 400 m of the

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is designated as swimming and bathing area in the summer.

Location

Dziwnówek is situated in the western part of the

coastline, in the north part of the

. The village finds itself on the forefront of the Dziwnów Spit

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, between the Baltic Sea and Wrzosowo

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, which constitutes the northernmost part of Kamień bay. It is a part of Trzebiatów Coast, one of the mesoregions of Szczecin seacoast. Historically, Dziwnówek lies in the north part of

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History

The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1503. It was a small fishing village. From 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany, known in German as ''Klein Dievenow''. In the final stages of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, in March 1945, the was fought between the Polish and German armies. The then second lieutenant and future head of state

Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski ( ; ; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military general, politician and ''de facto'' leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He was the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party ...

commanded a reconnaissance unit in the 5th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Polish Army.Plan Odnowy Miejscowości Dziwnówek na lata 2008–2015
. Szczecin: Europejskie Centrum Doradcze, 2008-06, p. 8 (Uchwała Nr XXXVI/218/2008 Rady Miejskiej w Dziwnowie z dnia 21 października 2008 r.) (in Polish) After the Polish victory the symbolic ceremony of Poland's Wedding to the Sea took place in Dziwnówek on March 15. In 1975 a monument to the soldiers of the of the 2nd Infantry Division was unveiled in the village. In 1974–2005 Dziwnówek was recognized by the Polish government as a town with conditions for conducting spa treatment, thanks to which medical facilities could be run here.Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 12 kwietnia 1974 r. zmieniające rozporządzenie ws. rozciągnięcia niektórych przepisów o uzdrowiskach na inne miejscowości
Journal of Laws from 1974 No. 16, item 89
Based on the properties of natural conditions, the main treatment directions were established for the health care facilities in Dziwnówek: child respiratory and locomotor system diseases. On 18 July 1982, the foundation act was laid for building a church in the village. The ceremony was led by Bishop Stanisław Stefanek.M.W., ''Nowy kościół w Dziwnówku'', w: '' Przewodnik Katolicki'', nr 27/1982, p. 7 (in Polish) From 1975 to 1998 Dziwnówek was located in the Szczecin Voivodeship.

Infrastructure

The main tourist destination of the village is the beach.

References

{{Authority control Populated coastal places in Poland Villages in Kamień County