Ławin ' is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski

Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski

Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski is a rural gmina in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Nowogródek Pomorski, which lies approximately east of Myślibórz and south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of...

, within Myślibórz County

Myslibórz County

Myślibórz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship . It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...

, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship

West Pomeranian Voivodeship, , is a voivodeship in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north...

, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Nowogródek Pomorski

Nowogródek Pomorski

Nowogródek Pomorski is a village in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Nowogródek Pomorski. It lies approximately east of Myślibórz and south-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The village has a population of...

, 17 km (11 mi) east of Myślibórz

Myslibórz

Myślibórz is a city in north-west Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of the Powiat of Myślibórz...

, and 68 km (42 mi) south-east of the regional capital Szczecin

Szczecin

Szczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....

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Before 1945 the area was part of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania

History of Pomerania

The history of Pomerania dates back more than 10,000 years. Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age...

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