Wierzbięcin, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Wierzbięcin ( German Grünhagen ) is a village in the powiat Słupski the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Geographical location
Wierzbięcin located in Pomerania, about nine kilometers west of Slupsk ( Stolp ) and 114 kilometers west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village bordered a road, which Stolp from the villages Bruskowo Wielkie ( United Brüskow ) and Postomino ( Pustamin ) leads to Darlowo ( Rügemwalde ) on the Baltic Sea. The nearest neighbor is the United Brüskow about a kilometer further east.
History
Grünhagen has evolved from a collection of rural small businesses that had been created as a colony. On January 18, 1868, the colony Grünhagen was converted by decision of the Government to Koszalin in an independent district. In 1871 there were in Grünhagen twenty houses with a total of 111 residents. 1925 there were 21 houses. In 1939, 93 residents were counted, which were distributed to 24 households. Since Grünhagen did not have a school, went school children in the United Brüskow to school. All residents were Protestant; the village belonged to the parish of Great Brüskow.
Before the end of World War II Grünhagen belonged to the district of Great Brüskow district Stolp, administrative region of Pomerania, Pomerania. The municipal area was 138 hectares.
Towards the end of the Second World War, the region was occupied on 8 March 1945 by the Red Army and made shortly thereafter under Polish administration. Soon after appeared armed Poland and took possession of the houses and farmsteads. Grünhagen was renamed Wierzbięcin. The inhabitants were expelled; 24 later expelled from Grünhagen villagers were determined in the Federal Republic of Germany and 35 in the GDR.
In 2008 Wierzbięcin had 86 inhabitants.