Old German city names

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For many years until 1945, significant part of today's northern Poland used German names for its towns and villages. This overlay places them on today's map. Click a shape or dot to see the old name next to the current one.

About the data

Towns and villages are shown as shaded areas where a present-day boundary exists, otherwise as a dot.
Old German names overlaid on the current map
7 names couldn't be placed on the map for some reason
  • Altenau → Staranie
  • Herrengrebin → Grabina
  • Kalthof → Każdowo
  • Klein Lichtenau → Lichnówko
  • Matzkau → Maćki
  • Moenchengrebin → Grabińskie Pole
  • Wotzlaff → Wodzisław