Wiejkowo [vjɛi̯ˈkɔvɔ], until 1945 named (in German) Groß Weckow, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wolin, within Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Wolin, 19 km (12 mi) south of Kamień Pomorski, and 45 km (28 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin. It is situated on the western shore of Ostrowo Lake in the historic region of Pomerania.
Wiejkowo | |
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Village | |
 Immaculate Conception of Blessed Virgin Mary church in Wiejkowo | |
  Wiejkowo | |
| Coordinates: 53°49′N 14°41′E / 53.817°N 14.683°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
| County | Kamień |
| Gmina | Wolin |
| Population | 300 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ZKA |
The village has a population of 300.
History edit
The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967.[2] Following the fragmentation of Poland, it formed part of the Duchy of Pomerania (which since 1181 became part of the Holy Roman Empire). German-Danish von Guentersberg family governed Weckow since 1299 until they died out in 1763; then the von Berg family received the village. Alexandrine von Berg inherited Weckow from her father and with her marriage to Albert von Ploetz, the village was in the possession of the von Ploetz family until 1945.[3]
Under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement, the region became again part of Poland after World War II, and Poles expelled from Soviet-occupied eastern Poland were resettled in the region.
The Curmsun disc edit
The Curmsun disc was reportedly part of a Viking Age hoard discovered in 1841 in the crypt of the ruined wooden church at Wiejkowo, when the new church was being constructed. Yet it apparently remained there until after WWII. Then it became the property of the local Sielski family, but its importance remained unknown. It was kept in the family as an oddity. After the family later moved to Sweden, in 2014, 11-year-old Maja Sielska showed the disc to her history teacher; its significance was then understood. The discovery of the disc was reported in the press on 5 December 2014.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Labuda, Gerard (1993). "Chrystianizacja Pomorza (X–XIII stulecie)". Studia Gdańskie (in Polish). Vol. IX. Gdańsk-Oliwa. p. 47.
- ^ Estates of the von Guentersberg family since 1299 till 1763, then till 1945 von Ploetz family
- ^ Zyśk, Daniel Polish Press Agency, Science and Scholarship, 2014