Police County, Administrative county in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Police County is an administrative district in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship of northwestern Poland, positioned close to the German border and made up of four municipalities. The landscape is mostly flat, covered with forests, and crossed by the western arm of the Oder River along its eastern side.
The area that now forms Police County was part of Germany until 1945, known as Pölitz, and passed to Poland after the Second World War. It became a formally defined district in 1999, when Poland reorganized its entire administrative system into a new structure of counties and voivodeships.
Walking through the town of Police, you can still spot buildings from the prewar German period alongside postwar reconstruction. The proximity to the Oder River and surrounding forests shapes how people spend their free time, with fishing and walking being common local habits.
The town of Police serves as the administrative center of the district and is the most convenient base for exploring the surrounding municipalities. The flat terrain makes moving around easy, whether by car or by bicycle along the river and forest paths.
Near the town of Police stood one of Germany's largest fuel hydrogenation plants during the Second World War, and traces of its industrial remains can still be found in the area. The plant was a major target for Allied bombing in 1944 and 1945, which shaped much of the postwar landscape.
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