The administrative subdivisions of Poland from 25 September to 24 June 1945, including the District of Western Pomerania.
The District of the Western Pomerania was established on 14 March 1945, by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland, as one of the four districts created to administer the area known as the Recovered Territories, acquired by Poland from Nazi Germany, during, and in the aftermath of World War 2. It was formed within the boundaries of former German provinces of Brandenburg, and Pomerania, and consisted of the area of the Farther Pomerania and Lubusz Land.[1][2] The district was administrated by the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary of the District of the Western Pomerania, with the Government Plenipotentiary as the head of the subdivision, and the officers of the Ministry of Public Security, as their deputies. The first Government Plenipotentiary was Józef Aleksander Kaczocha, who was appointed on 14 March 1945, and originally began assembling his government in Warsaw, and Poznań. On 11 April 1945, Kaczocha was replaced by Leonard Borkowicz.[5][6]
The districts officials had arrived in the district in April of 1945, and established the seat of the government in Piła. On 7 May 1945, the seat was moved to Szczecin. As the future status of the city allegiance between Poland and Germany remained uncertain, the seat was moved again, on 17 May 1945, to Stargard, where it remained until 23 May 1945. On 24 May 1945, it was transferred to Koszalin. On 15 January 1946, the government begun transferring the seat back to Szczecin, and it was fully moved, on 28 February 1946.[5][6]
^ abStanisław Jackowiak: Trudny powrót do macierzy, Warsaw: Biuletyn Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, 9-10/2005, ISSN 1641-9561.
^ abAndrzej Gawryszewski: Ludność Polski w XX wieku. Warsaw: Polska Akademia Nauk – Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania im. Stanisława Leszczyckiego, 2005, series: Monografie. ISBN 83-87954-66-7. ISSN 1643-2312. p. 43.