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This little known fragment of West Pomerania was part of Poland until 1772 (while it is usually said that Poland lost West Pomerania already during the High Middle Ages):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draheim
"Draheim (German: Starostei Draheim) or Drahim (Polish: Starostwo Drahimskie) was a starostwo (crown territory) of the Polish Kingdom. Pawned to Brandenburg-Prussia in 1657, it was directly incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772."
During times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Drahim belonged to Poznań Voivodeship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozna%...ntury_to_1793)
Fragments about Drahim from the 1841 book by Leon Plater, titled "Opisanie województwa poznańskiego" ("Description of the [pre-1772] Poznań Voivodeship"), in Polish:
http://rcin.org.pl/Content/53946/WA5...oj-poznans.pdf
In the 19th century, this area was part of Regierungsbezirk Köslin (Departament Koźliński, Koźlin was archaic Polish name for Köslin; while now the city is called Koszalin):
Map showing approximate borders of Land of Drahim, to the south it bordered with Land of Wałcz (Krone):
Drawsko (Dratzig) Lake:
The town of Czaplinek:
Stare Drawsko / Drahim:
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