Helenów (Goleniów)

Helenów, known as ''Helgenfeld'' until 1945, is a neighborhood in

Goleniów Goleniów (; ) is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland with 22,844 inhabitants as of 2011. It is the capital of Goleniów County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The town's area is , and its geographical position is 53°33'N, 14°49'E. It is ...

, in

Goleniów County __NOTOC__ Goleniów County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms pass ...

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. It is situated two kilometres south of the centre of town, near the road leading to

Stargard Stargard (; 1945: ''Starogród'', 1950–2016: ''Stargard Szczeciński''; or ''Stargard an der Ihna''; ) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2021 it was inhabited by 67,293 people. It is situated on ...

, by the river Wiśniówka, on the edge of Równina Goleniowska (Goleniów Plain) and Równina Nowogardzka (Nowogard Plain), and bordered on the west by the forests of Puszcza Goleniowska (Goleniów Forest). The village of Helenów was linked with the town in 1954. There is a church NMP, built after

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, with Maria's Chapel and a belltower nearby. Near the old railway cross is the Madonna of Helenów chapel. The town includes transportation companies, a primary school, football pitch, medical clinic and

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. The oldest buildings are from the beginning of the 20th century. It was once linked with Goleniów and

Maszewo Maszewo () is a town in Goleniów County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carp ...

by a railway line, which was removed in 2005. Nearby towns and villages:

, Zabrodzie, Podańsko, Żółwia Villages in Goleniów County {{WestPomeranian-geo-stub