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Rycerzewko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

village in West Pomeranian, Poland

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ2178158 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rycerzewko [rɨt͡sɛˈʐɛfkɔ] (German: Neu Ritzerow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Świdwin, within Świdwin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) west of Świdwin and 85 km (53 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

The village has a population of 73.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Rycerzewko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship” as village in West Pomeranian, Poland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Rycerzewko, West and Pomeranian.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 52-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Rycerzewko, West and Pomeranian providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Rycerzewko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship”, the useful work is to connect “village in West Pomeranian, Poland” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

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 Apr 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2178158. Authority coordinates are 53.684, 15.934. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Rycerzewko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship primary sources, Rycerzewko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship archive and Rycerzewko research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
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This entry incorporates text from “Rycerzewko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship” 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.