Rzeczenica

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| name = Rzeczenica

| settlement_type = Village

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| image_skyline = Orlik 2012 w Rzeczenicy - panoramio.jpg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Człuchów

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Rzeczenica

| coordinates = {{coord|53|45|25|N|17|6|24|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

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| timezone = CET

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| timezone_DST = CEST

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| population_total = 1566

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Rzeczenica {{IPAc-pl|ż|e|cz|e|'|n|i|c|a}} ({{Langx|de|Stegers}})Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer is a village in Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Rzeczenica.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) |date=2008-06-01 |language=Polish}} It lies approximately {{convert|21|km|mi|0}} north-west of Człuchów and {{convert|121|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Rzeczenica was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 81-82 (in Polish) During World War II the Germans operated a labor camp for Polish and French prisoners of war from the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp in the village.{{cite web|url=http://stalag2b.free.fr/leskommandos.htm|title=Les Kommandos|website=Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne|accessdate=25 March 2020|language=French}}

The main historic landmark of Rzeczenica is the Sacred Heart church.

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Category:Villages in Człuchów County

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