Smęcino
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Smęcino s 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 Tychowo
Gmina Tychowo
Gmina Tychowo is an urban-rural gmina in Białogard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Tychowo, which lies approximately south-east of Białogard and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, within Białogard County, 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 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Tychowo
Tychowo, Białogard County
Tychowo is a town in Białogard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Tychowo. It lies approximately south-east of Białogard and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany and here was...

, 29 km (18 mi) east of Białogard, and 135 km (84 mi) north-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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The village has a population of 150.

Notable residents

  • Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
    Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
    Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin is a former German Army officer and publisher. A member of the von Kleist family, his parents were active in the German resistance against Adolf Hitler and participated in the July 20 Plot...

    (born 1922), German resistance fighter and publisher
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