Kreis Saatzig

The documentation was developed as part of the project initiated by Pomeranian linguist, Dr Robert Holsten (1862-1954), with the aim to collect and compile contemporary folk and archive names of natural and anthropogenic physiographic objects, as well as inhabited and uninhabited places of the pre-war province of Pomerania (from Rügen to Lębork), with the help of teachers and local scientists. The collected set of archive materials – indices and maps with locations of objects – Flurnamen Sammlung – covers the intangible onomastic cultural heritage of the region. Documentation of names of physiographic objects from the area of the former Kreis Saatzig (Polish: Szadzko, with capital in Stargard i.P., Polish: Stargard; after territorial changes: Stargard District, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) was developed between 1931-1935 by Martin Wehrmann (1861-1937) - a German historian, teacher, researcher of Pomeranian history, head of Collegium Groeningianum in Stargard between 1921-1926. It was collated by Robert Holsten. The original documentation was drafted in German (including the Lower German dialect), with numerous Slavic, Polish and Kashubian vocabulary. The documentation comprises 221 sheets, some of them double-sided, comprising typed lists (199 sheets), miscellaneous documents (10 sheets), press (Monatsblätter, 1931, 12 sheets). The vast majority of the topographic maps with locations of physiographic objects and their names also survived in the documentation.

Andrzej Chludziński