Rzeczenica () is a

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Człuchów County __NOTOC__ Człuchów County (, ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1 ...

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, in northwestern

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. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Rzeczenica __NOTOC__ Gmina Rzeczenica is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Rzeczenica, which lies approximately north-west of Człuchów and south-west of th ...

. It lies approximately north-west of

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and south-west of the regional capital

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. It is located within the historic region of

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. Rzeczenica was a royal village of the

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, administratively located in the

. During

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the Germans operated a

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for

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and French prisoners of war from the

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in the village. The main historic landmark of Rzeczenica is the Sacred Heart church.

References

Villages in Człuchów County {{Człuchów-geo-stub