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. It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Wałcz and 122 km (76 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin.
History
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.
During World War II, on 5–8 February 1945, it was the site of a battle, in which Polish troops defeated the Germans.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ 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.
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