Rarwino, Kamień County
Rarwino | |
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Village | |
  Rarwino | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′N 14°50′E / 53.917°N 14.833°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
| County | Kamień |
| Gmina | Kamień Pomorski |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | ZKA |
| Voivodeship road |  |
Rarwino [rarˈvinɔ] (German: Rarwien)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kamień Pomorski, within Kamień County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[2] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Kamień Pomorski and 58 km (36 mi) north of the regional capital Szczecin.
During World War II, in February 1945, a German-perpetrated death march of Allied prisoners-of-war from the Stalag XX-B POW camp passed through the village.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kaemmerer, Margarete (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Kaszuba, Sylwia. "Marsz 1945". In Grudziecka, Beata (ed.). Stalag XX B: historia nieopowiedziana (in Polish). Malbork: Muzeum Miasta Malborka. p. 102. ISBN 978-83-950992-2-9.
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