Brzoza ' is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Strzelce Krajeńskie

Gmina Strzelce Krajenskie

Gmina Strzelce Krajeńskie is an urban-rural gmina in Strzelce-Drezdenko County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland...

, within Strzelce-Drezdenko County

Strzelce-Drezdenko County

Strzelce-Drezdenko County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Strzelce Krajeńskie, which...

, Lubusz Voivodeship

Lubusz Voivodeship

- Administrative division :Lubusz Voivodeship is divided into 14 counties : 2 city counties and 12 land counties. These are further divided into 83 gminas....

, in western Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Strzelce Krajeńskie

Strzelce Krajenskie

Strzelce Krajeńskie is a town in Poland, in Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the capital of Strzelce-Drezdenko County. Population is 10,186 .-External links:**...

 and 22 km (14 mi) north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski

Gorzów Wielkopolski is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the biggest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 125,149 inhabitants...

.

The village was first mentioned as a possession of a knight in 1337. It was purchased in 1605 by Ernst von Schöning, the member of a well known Neumark family. The village was passed down, first to field marshal Hans Adam von Schoning

Hans Adam von Schöning

Hans Adam von Schöning was a Generalfeldmarschall in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Electorate of Saxony.Schöning was born at Tamsel near Küstrin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg...

, and then his son Johann Ludwig  in 1696. In 1713, George Wilhelm von Schöning constructed a hunting castle and grainary on the site.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Territorial changes of Poland after World War II

Territorial changes of Poland after World War II

The territorial changes of Poland after World War II were very extensive. In 1945, following the Second World War, Poland's borders were redrawn following the decisions made at the Potsdam Conference of 1945 at the insistence of the Soviet Union...

).