Wicko (Międzyzdroje)

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Wicko (Poland)
Wicko
Wicko
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : West Pomerania
Powiat : Kamień
Gmina : Międzyzdroje
Geographic location : 53 ° 53 '  N , 14 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 53 '23 "  N , 14 ° 26' 19"  E
Residents :



Wicko [ ˈvit͡skɔ ] ( German  Vietzig ) is a village in Gmina Międzyzdroje in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship . It is 5 km south of Międzyzdroje (Misdroy) , 25 km west of Kamień Pomorski (Cammin) and 54 km north of Szczecin .

Until 1937 Vietzig formed a rural community in the Usedom-Wollin district in the Prussian province of Pomerania . The rural community also included the residential areas dismantling Laatzig , dismantling Liebeseele , Gasthaus Liebeseele , Vietziger Kamp , Weißgrund and the former post office . 1937 Vietzig, together with the neighboring communities lime kiln and Stengow after Lebbin incorporated.

In 1945 Vietzig came to Poland; it received the Polish place name "Wicko".

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Emil Berndt (1874–1954), German lawyer and politician (DNVP), member of the Reichstag

Web links

Commons : Vietzig  - Collection of Images

Footnotes

  1. Vietzig municipality in the Pommern information system.
  2. ^ Fritz R. Barran: City Atlas Pomerania. 2nd Edition. Rautenberg, Würzburg 2005, ISBN 3-8003-3097-0 , p. 192.