Dobrzyca, Wałcz County

Dobrzyca [dɔˈbʐɨt͡sa] (German: Döberitzfelde) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wałcz, within Wałcz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Wałcz and 122 km (76 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Dobrzyca
Village
Dobrzyca is located in Poland
Dobrzyca
Dobrzyca
Coordinates: 53°23′59″N 16°24′37″E / 53.39972°N 16.41028°E / 53.39972; 16.41028
Country Poland
VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian
CountyWałcz
GminaWałcz
Population
130
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationZWA

History

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The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Dobrzyca was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Wałcz County in the Poznań Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[2]

During World War II, on 5–8 February 1945, it was the site of a battle, in which Polish troops defeated the Germans.

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1a.