Drogoradz ()Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north of the regional capital Szczecin.
History
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.Encyclopedia of Szczecin. Supplement 1. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 2003, pp. 64-65. (pl)
Drogoradz, known as Hammer to its residents while being part of Germany in 1815–1945, became part of Poland after the end of World War II and changed its name to the Polish Drogoradz.
Below is a timeline showing the history of the different administrations that this city has been included in.
Political-administrative membership 1815 – 1866: German Confederation, Kingdom of Prussia, Pomerania 1866 – 1871: North German Confederation, Kingdom of Prussia, Pomerania 1871 – 1918: German Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Pomerania 1919 – 1933: Weimarer Republik, Free State of Prussia, Pomerania 1933 – 1945: Nazi Germany, Pomerania 1945 – 1946: Enclave Police, (the area reporting to the Red Army) 1946 – 1952: People's Republic of Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship 1952 – 1975: People's Republic of Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship 1975 – 1989: People's Republic of Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship 1989 – 1998: Poland, Szczecin Voivodeship 1999 – Current: Poland, Western Pomerania, powiat Police County, gmina Police
Demography The village has a population: 1939 – 505 1972 – 350 2006 – 250
Tourism PTTK path (green footpath Trail of Ornithologists-Szlak Ornitologów) in an area of Drogoradz in Wkrzanska Forest.Okolice Szczecina: 1:75 000. Warsaw : ExpressMap Polska, 2007. pp. 1–2.
References
See also
Police Szczecin