Stary Kostrzynek | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gryfino |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Cedynia |
Coordinates: | 52.8167°N 24°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Stary Kostrzynek (de|Altcüstrinchen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedynia, within Gryfino County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south of Cedynia, 530NaN0 south-west of Gryfino, and 730NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Szczecin. Stary Kostrzynek is the westernmost point in Poland.
Before 1945 the area was part of Brandenburg (Frankfurt Region) within Prussia, Germany. For more on the history of the region, see New March.