Zamęcin
Zamęcin ( German Sammenthin ) is a village in the Gmina Choszczno administrative district of the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship .
Geographical location
The village lies in the Neumark , about six kilometers south of the city Choszczno ( Arnswalde ) and 62 kilometers south-east of the regional capital Szczecin ( Szczecin ).
history
The village was already mentioned under the name Sammentin in a document from 1282 issued in Königsberg in the Neumark , in which the Margraves of Brandenburg confirmed its possessions to the Kolbatz Monastery , with the exception of the villages of Arnswalde and Sammentin, which had to give up it.
The region came under Polish administration after the end of World War II .
Parish
The parish of Sammenthin converted to the Protestant faith after the Reformation .
- Village pastor
- 1643–1693: Johann Madeweis (* 1609, † 1693)
Sons and daughters of the place
- Friedrich Madeweis (1648–1705), educator and court official