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Dobieszczyn () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.

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border city
Official name
Dobieszczyn
Country
Poland
Located in
Gmina Police
Time zone
UTC+02:00
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Dobieszczyn
postal code
72-004
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Dobieszczyn () is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Police, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies approximately north-west of Police and north-west of the regional capital Szczecin.

== History == Since the Middle Ages the area was part of Poland and the Duchy of Pomerania following Poland's fragmentation. There is a memorial to Duke Barnim II nearby, on the German side of the border, in the place where he was probably assassinated in 1295. During the Thirty Years' War, the duchy was dissolved and the area fell to Sweden. From 1815 it was part of Prussia and from 1871 also Germany, within which it was known as Entepöl and was administratively located in the Province of Pomerania. Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945 the area became again part of Poland, however, the settlement was initially occupied by the Soviets until October 1945. Administratively it was part of the Szczecin Voivodeship, since 1999 the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

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