Schippenbeil

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Schippenbeil is the former German name for the town now known as Sępopol in northeastern Poland.

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Schippenbeil canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former German name
historical place name
country German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
currentAdministrativeUnit Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
currentCounty Bartoszyce County
currentGminaSeat Gmina Sępopol
currentOfficialLanguageOfArea Polish
demographicChange German population largely expelled after 1945
area repopulated mainly by Poles after 1945
hasHeritage German architectural remains in Sępopol
historicalRegion Masuria
Warmia-Masuria area
languageOfName German
locatedIn East Prussia
Province of East Prussia
linked to: East Prussia

Regierungsbezirk Königsberg
northeastern Europe
locatedNear border with Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast
locatedOnRiver Łyna River
nowKnownAs Sępopol
nowPartOf Poland
partOf historical German-speaking areas of East-Central Europe
postWorldWarIIDisposition transferred from Germany to Poland
predecessorOf modern town of Sępopol (as a name)
refersTo Sępopol
usedUntil 1945
wasTownCharterHolder medieval town law (historically)

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Sępopol hasGermanName Schippenbeil