Gmina Szczaniec

Gmina Szczaniec
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Lebus
Powiat :	Świebodziński
Geographic location :	52 ° 16 '  N , 15 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 16 '0 "  N , 15 ° 41' 0"  E
Residents :	see Gmina
Postal code :	66-225
Telephone code :	(+48) 68
License plate :	FSW
Economy and Transport
Rail route :	Rzepin – Zbąszynek
Next international airport :	Poznan-Ławica
Gmina
Gminatype:	Rural community
Gmina structure:	11 school offices
Surface:	112.92 km²
Residents:	3847 (June 30, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	0808042
Administration (as of 2014)
Mayor :	Krzysztof Neryng
Address:	Szczaniec 73 66-225 Szczaniec
Website :	www.szczaniec.pl

The Gmina Szczaniec is a rural community in the powiat Świebodziński of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland . Their seat is the village of the same name ( German Stentsch ) with about 1500 inhabitants.

geography

The municipality is located in Lower Silesia and borders in the west on the municipality of the district town of Świebodzin (Schwiebus) .

structure

The rural community ( gmina wiejska ) Szczaniec includes 11 villages (German names officially until 1945) with Schulzenamt ( sołectwo ) :

• Brudzewo ( Brausendorf )
• Dąbrówka Mała ( Klein Dammer )
• Kiełcze ( Keltschen )
• Koźminek ( Koschmin )
• Myszęcin ( mussels )
• Ojerzyce ( Oggerschütz ) with the manor house
• Opalewo ( Oppelwitz )
• Smardzewo ( Schmarse )
• Szczaniec ( Stentsch )
• Wilenko ( Zion )
• Wolimirzyce ( Walmersdorf )

Nowe Karcze ( Neuvorwerk ) is a small village with 50 inhabitants without a Schulzenamt.

Personalities

• Ferdinand Noske (1857- † unknown), German politician (DNVP).

Web links

Commons : Gmina Szczaniec  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

1. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ The Historical Place Directory