Stowięcino () is a

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in the administrative district of

Gmina Główczyce __NOTOC__ Gmina Główczyce is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Główczyce, which lies approximately north-east of Słupsk and west of the regional ...

, within

Słupsk County __NOTOC__ Słupsk County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government re ...

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, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Główczyce, east of

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, and west of the regional capital

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History

The noble family of ''von Stojentin'' originates from the village which was mentioned in 1341 as the property of ''Bertold and Matzen van Stoyentin'', in 1379 as property of ''Mertin and Barteke von Stoguntin'' and in 1402 as property of the ''olde Bartke van Stoyentyn''. A church was first mentioned in 1519, it became

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throughout the

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. The estate was still in the possession of the Stojentin family in 1618 but was mentioned as property of Jürgen Ludwig von Wobeser's widow in 1732. The von Wobesers remained owners of the Stojentin estate until 1820, when it was handed over to Heinrich Jesco von Puttkamer. In 1853 it was bought by Ferdinand Scheunemann, whose family would own the manor until 1945. In 1925, 16 inhabitants were Catholics, 6 Jewish. In 1933 the village had 500, in 1939 475 inhabitants.verwaltungsgeschichte.de
Throughout the East Pomeranian Offensive the village was occupied by Soviet forces on 9 March 1945, it had not been evacuated before and many inhabitants and refugees from surrounding villages were killed. The last owner of the estate, Mrs. Scheunemann, was killed by Soviet soldiers on 27 March 1945. After

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the town again became part of Poland, under territorial changes demanded by the

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at the Potsdam Conference.

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expelled from

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started to settle in the area. The remaining German populace was expelled in a transport on 27 November 1946 heading to

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Notable residents

Andrzej Lepper Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper (; 13 June 1954 – 5 August 2011) was a Polish people, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Agriculture, and the leader of Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland. Known for his radical rhetoric and agg ...

(1954–2011), founder of the Polish political party ''

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'' (''Self-defence'').

References

{{Gmina Główczyce Villages in Słupsk County