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Ostrówek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

village in powiat koszaliński, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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 revisionSep 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ7107975 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ostrówek [ɔsˈtruvɛk] (German Ravensbucht) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bobolice, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 3 km (2 mi) south of Bobolice, 39 km (24 mi) south-east of Koszalin, and 144 km (89 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 30.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ostrówek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship” is village in powiat koszaliński, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ostrówek, West and Pomeranian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 68-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Ostrówek, West and Pomeranian is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in powiat koszaliński, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, 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.

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 Sep 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7107975. Authority coordinates are 53.929, 16.588. 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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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Ostrówek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Ostrówek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship primary sources, Ostrówek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship archive and Ostrówek research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ostrówek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Ostrówek, 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.