Gmina Wałcz

Gmina Wałcz
	Gmina Wałcz
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	West Pomerania
Powiat :	Wałcz
Gmina :	Gmina Wałcz
Geographic location :	53 ° 16 ′  N , 16 ° 28 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	109 m npm
Residents :	see Gmina
Telephone code :	(+48) 67
License plate :	ZWA
Economy and Transport
Street :	DK 10 Lubieszyn ↔ Płońsk
	DK 22 Kostrzyn nad Odrą ↔ Grzechotki
	Ext. 163 Kołobrzeg ↔ Wałcz
Rail route :	PKP line No. 403 ( Piła – Ulikowo )
Next international airport :	Szczecin-Goleniów
Gmina
Gminatype:	Rural community
Gmina structure:	41 localities
	31 school authorities
Surface:	574.88 km²
Residents:	12,665 (Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density :	22 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ):	3217052
Administration (as of 2016)
Wójt :	Jan Matuszewski
Address:	ul. Dąbrowskiego 8 78-600 Wałcz
Website :	www.walcz.ug.gov.pl

The Gmina Wałcz ( community Deutsch Krone ) is a rural community (gmina wiejska) in the southeast of the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship , on the border with the Greater Poland Voivodeship . The main seat of the municipality is the town of Wałcz ( Deutsch Krone ), which itself does not belong to the municipality. With a municipality area of ​​575.09 km², the rural municipality Wałcz is the largest municipality in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The rural municipality of Wałcz has 12,665 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019). Until 1998 it belonged to the Piła Voivodeship .

geography

The Gmina Wałcz consists of numerous lake areas of the Pojezierze Wałecki ( German Kroner Lake District ) and is crossed by many large and small rivers, u. a. Dobrzyca ( Döberitz ), Piława ( Pilow ), Piławka ( Pilow Fließ ), Świerczyniec ( Fuhlbeck ).

Location of the municipality in the Powiat Wałecki

The municipality is located in the northeast of the Powiat Wałecki, which is itself in the northeast of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship . Neighboring communities are:

• in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship :
  • the city of Wałcz as well as the city and rural communities Gmina Człopa ( Schloppe ), Gmina Mirosławiec ( Märkisch Friedland ) and Gmina Tuczno ( Tütz ), all in the Powiat Wałecki ,
  • Czaplinek ( Tempelburg ) and Wierzchowo ( Virchow ) in the Powiat Drawski ( Dramburg district ),
• in Greater Poland Voivodeship :
  • Trzcianka ( Schönlanke ) in the powiat Czarnkowsko-Trzcianecki ( Czarnikau-Schönlanke district )
  • Szydłowo ( Groß Wittenberg ) in the Powiat Pilski ( Schneidemühl district ),
  • Jastrowie ( Jastrow ) in the powiat Złotowski ( Flatow district ).

Community structure

Gmina Wałcz is divided into 31 school offices with a total of 41 localities. The city itself does not belong to the rural community, it only houses its official seat.

Districts

• Chude ( Rosenthal )
• Chwiram ( Quiram )
• Czechyń ( colliery village )
• Dębołęka ( dam length )
• Dobino ( Breitenstein )
• Dzikowo ( Dyck )
• Golce ( new wood )
• Gostomia ( Arnsfelde )
• Górnica ( Hohenstein )
• Karsibór ( Keßburg )
• Klębowiec ( Klausdorf )
• Kłosowo ( Hansfelde )
• Kolno ( Eckartsberg )
• Łąki (previously part of Arnsfelde)
• Laski Wałeckie ( (Old) Latzig )
• Lubno ( Lüben )
• Ługi Wałeckie ( Karlsruhe )
• Nakielno ( Little Nakel )
• Ostrowiec ( Sagemühl )
• Prusinowo Wałeckie ( Preussendorf )
• Przybkowo ( Philippshof )
• Różewo ( Rosenfelde )
• Rudki ( Hoffstadt )
• Rutwica ( Harmelsdorf )
• Strączno ( Stranz )
• Szwecja ( Celebration )
• Świętosław ( Ludwigshorst )
• Wałcz Drugi
• Wiesiółka ( Wissulke )
• Witankowo ( Wittkow )
• Zdbice ( Stabitz )

Other places

• Boguszyn ( Sophienau )
• Brzezinki
• Bukowa Góra ( Buchholz )
• Chrząstkowo ( Wilhelmshorst )
• Czapla ( Neumühl )
• Czepiec ( Marquardsthal )
• Dobrogoszcz ( Augustenburg )
• Dobrzyca ( Döberitzfelde )
• Dobrzyca Leśna ( Borkendorf )
• Glinki
• Głowaczewo ( Klawittersdorf )
• Iłowiec ( Haugsdorf )
• Jarogniewie ( Johannisthal )
• Jeziorko ( Georgsthal )
• Kołatnik ( Schloßmühl )
• Kłosy ( Wolfshof , Workers' Homestead )
• Lipie ( Althof )
• Morzyca ( Moritzhof )
• Nagórze ( Ludwigsthal )
• Nowa Szwecja ( Gut Neufreudenfier )
• Olszynka ( Elsenfeld )
• Omulno ( Vorwerk Lassere )
• Papowo ( Paulshof )
• Piława ( Pilow Bridge )
• Pluskota ( town mill )
• Popowo ( Paulsruh )
• Prusinówko ( New Preussendorf )
• Rudnica ( Klausdorfer Hammer )
• Sitowo ( Birkenfelde )
• Smoląg ( tar oven )
• Sosnówka
• Wałcz Pierwszy
• Witankowo-Folwark ( Wittkow )

Transport links

Road traffic

The rural community Wałcz is located at the intersection of two provincial and three provincial roads:

• Landesstraße 10: Lubieszyn ( Neu Linken ) / Germany - Płońsk ( Plhnen ) (former German Reichsstraße 104 from Lübeck to Schneidemühl )
• Landesstraße 22 : Kostrzyn nad Odrą ( Küstrin ) / Germany - Grzechotki / Russia (former Reichsstraße 1 from Aachen via Berlin - Königsberg (Prussia) to Eydtkuhnen )
• Voivodship road 163 : Kołobrzeg ( Kolberg ) –Wałcz (former Reichsstraße 124 with the same route)
• Voivodeship Road 178 : Wałcz – Oborniki ( Obornik )
• Voivodeship Street 179 : Piła ( Schneidemühl ) - Rusinowo ( Ruschendorf ).

Rail transport

By 1945, four railway lines met in Deutsch Krone, one of which is still served today by the Polish State Railways (PKP):

• Line 403: Piła – Ulikowo ( Schneidemühl – Wulkow )

The line 416 Wałcz – Wierzchowo ( Deutsch Krone – Virchow ) was discontinued in 1992.

The railway lines from Deutsch Krone to Flatow (now Polish: Złotów) and from Deutsch Krone via Schloppe (Człopa) to Kreuz (Krzyż Wielkopolski) also no longer exist .

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Schmitt : History of the Deutsch Croner circle . Thorn 1867, especially pp. 192–201 ( full text )
• Peter Aufgebauer : 700 years of the Deutsch Krone . In: Westpreußen-Jahrbuch, Vol. 54 (2004), ISSN  0511-8484 , pp. 5-18.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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. ^ Place of birth of Joachim Rüdiger von der Goltz