Bębnikąt, Stargard County

For other places with the same name, see Bębnikąt.
Bębnikąt
Settlement
Bębnikąt
Coordinates: 53°19′31″N 15°8′1″E / 53.32528°N 15.13361°E / 53.32528; 15.13361
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County Stargard
Gmina Gmina Stargard Szczeciński

Bębnikąt [bɛmbˈnikɔnt] is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Stargard Szczeciński, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Stargard Szczeciński and 38 km (24 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. After World War II the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed according to the post-war Potsdam Agreement. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with Poles. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

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Coordinates: 53°19′31″N 15°8′1″E / 53.32528°N 15.13361°E / 53.32528; 15.13361


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