Well, how is it: In which Polish region is Gorzów Wielkopolski located? In Wielkopolska or Lubuskie?
“The history of the Polish name of the city began at the beginning of April 1945, when the name Gorzów began to spread. The name, although not historically motivated, is not entirely accidental - the city was given the name of Gorzów in analogy to Gorzów Śląski in the Opolskie Voivodeship, which in German times was called Landsberg in Oberschlesien, a town on the ethnic border and having a double (Polish and German) naming tradition . (...)
After joining the province Poznań, from July 7, 1945 the name Gorzów nad Warta is used in official documents. The added second section on the Warta River was an exact reflection of the German location definition an der Warthe.
On March 2, 1946, the Commission for Establishing the Names of Localities made a decision on the official wording of the name Gorzów Wielkopolski. In accordance with the order of the Ministers: Public Administration and Regained Territories, the name Gorzów Wielkopolski formally applies from May 19, 1946. The city has never been permanently associated with the historical region of Greater Poland, because these lands belonged to the castellany of Santok before the creation of Gorzów. Despite this fact, the second part of the name was changed from Warta to Wielkopolski. The adjective Wielkopolska itself appears in law dailies and government monitors only at the beginning of the 1950s, i.e. when the city no longer belonged to the province. Poznań. "
Apparently, soon, in the next referendum, the inhabitants of Gorzów will decide to reject or keep the adjective. I would like the name Gorzów on the Warta River.
Have a look at Gorzów on the river on a Sunday early afternoon.
