Cybowo
village in West Pomeranian, Poland
Cybowo [t͡sɨˈbɔvɔ] (German: Gutsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kalisz Pomorski, within Drawsko County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 4 km (2 mi) north-west of Kalisz Pomorski, 27 km (17 mi) south of Drawsko Pomorskie, and 86 km (53 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Cybowo” is village in West Pomeranian, Poland. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Cybowo, village and West, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “village in West Pomeranian, Poland” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5197903. Authority coordinates are 53.300, 15.850. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Cybowo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.