Schneidemühl

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Schneidemühl was a former German town (now Piła in Poland) that historically served as an important regional administrative and railway center.

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Schneidemühl canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former town
historical place
administrativeRole county seat
administrativeUnit Kreis Schneidemühl
country German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
currentNameLanguage Polish
formerNameLanguage German
function administrative center
regional railway hub
germanNameOf Piła
historicalEvent ceded to Poland after World War II
historicalPopulationGroup Germans
Jews
Poles
historicalRegion Posen-West Prussia
historicalSovereign Kingdom of Poland (earlier periods of region)
linked to: Kingdom of Poland
languageMajorityBefore1945 German
locatedIn Brandenburg-Prussia
Province of Pomerania
Province of Posen
West Prussia
locatedInRegion Greater Poland
locatedOnRiver Gwda River
partOf Prussian administrative district of Schneidemühl
polishName Piła
post1945Status incorporated into Poland as Piła
postWarChange expulsion of most German inhabitants
resettlement by Polish population
presentDayCountry Poland
presentDayLocation Piła
railwayJunction yes
railwayLine Prussian Eastern Railway
line to Bydgoszcz (Bromberg)
line to Gdańsk (Danzig)
line to Poznań (Posen)
line to Szczecinek (Neustettin)
regierungsbezirk Regierungsbezirk Schneidemühl
servedAs seat of the Regierungsbezirk Schneidemühl
timePeriod German Empire period
Nazi Germany period
linked to: Nazi Germany

Prussian period
interwar Weimar Republic period
transportImportance important node on lines between Berlin and East Prussia
major junction on the Prussian Eastern Railway

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