Maszewo (Powiat Krośnieński)

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Maszewo
Coat of arms of Gmina Maszewo
Maszewo (Poland)
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Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Lebus
Powiat : Krośnieński
Gmina : Maszewo
Geographic location : 52 ° 4 '  N , 14 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 4 '4 "  N , 14 ° 54' 27"  E
Residents : 460 (2005)
Postal code : 66-614
Telephone code : (+48) 68
License plate : FKR
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Poznan-Ławica



Maszewo ( German Messow ) is a village in the Powiat Krośnieński of the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland . It is the seat of the rural community of the same name with 2812 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019).

history

Sorbian was also spoken in the area around Messow until the 18th century . The area formed the northeastern branch of the Sorbian language area and its only part on the right bank of the Oder. In the church town of Schönfeld, many older residents still spoke Sorbian in 1740.

After the end of the Second World War , the place was taken over by the Potsdam Agreement in Polish administration and the entire German population was expelled. Since then the place has been called Maszewo .

local community

The rural community (gmina wiejska) Maszewo includes the village itself and 14 other villages with school authorities.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Frido Mětšk : Serbsko-pólska rěčna hranica w 16. a 17. lětstotku [The Sorbian-Polish language border in the 16th and 17th centuries]. In: Lětopis , Series B, Volume III (1958), Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšin 1958, pp. 4–25.