Biała, Szczecinek County

For other places with the same name, see Biała.

Biała [ˈbjawa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biały Bór, within Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Biały Bór, 18 km (11 mi) north-east of Szczecinek, and 156 km (97 mi) east of the regional capital Szczecin. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Biała
Village
Biała
Coordinates: 53°50′45″N 16°49′46″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	West Pomeranian
County	Szczecinek
Gmina	Biały Bór
Population	150
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	ZSZ

Biała was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, from 1871 it was part of Germany, and following Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945 it was restored to Poland.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 81 (in Polish)