Bełtno

Bełtno ( German Bolton at Schivelbein ) is a village in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It belongs to the Gmina Świdwin ( Schivelbein ) in the powiat Świdwiński.

Geographical Location

Bełtno located nine kilometers west of Świdwin on the province road No. 152 Szczecinek ( Pommern ) - Barwice ( Bärwalde ) - Połczyn Zdrój (Bad Polzin ) - Świdwin - Starogard ( Stargordt ) (- Resko (rain forest ) ). In the village a side road branches off to the Lekowo ( Leckow ) - Ciechnowo ( Technow ) - Slawoborze ( Stolzenberg ) from.

Nearest railway stations are: Świdwin (9 km) on the route Berlin - Stettin - Pomerania - Gdansk or Starogord (9 km) along the route Łobez ( Labes ) - Resko (rain forest ) - Płoty ( Plathe ).

History

In Bolton and in Rützenhagen (now Polish: Rusinowo ) formerly lived Rütze. 1763 Governing Council is called by Loeper as the owner of the manor.

1821 Bauer regulation was made: five farmers were recognized. Lords of the manor was bailiff Stenigke, then von Oppen ( 1833), bailiff Dobbert (1836 ) and others. In 1928 the estate was owned by Julius Cleveland in Leckow ( Lekowo ) - at a size of at least 634 hectares. When the war ended in 1945 34 farms were established. The craft was represented by a forge and a wheelwright.

By 1932 Bolton was part of the county Schivelbein until this in the county Belgard ( Persante ) was dissolved. 1939 were counted in 54 households 232 villagers. The municipality area was 758.5 ​​hectares at the time.

Bolton was part of the official and the civil registry district Lankow in the District Court area Schivelbein. Last German mayor was Max Ninmann.

On March 7, 1945 Bolton was captured without a fight by the Red Army troops. In July 1945, a the expulsion of the German population. Bolton came into Polish hands and is under the name Bełtno today a district of Gmina Świdwin.

Church

Bolton had no church of their own. The village belonged to the parish Rützenhagen within the church district Schivelbein the Church Province of Pomerania in the Protestant Church of the Old Prussian Union.

Today Bełtno lies in the parish of Koszalin ( Koszalin ) in the Diocese of Pomerania - Greater Poland the Polish Evangelical-Augsburg Church.