Commission for the Determination of Place Names
Komisja Ustalania Nazw Miejscowości | |
Marking the new Polish-German border in 1945 | |
Areas affected by the decisions of the Committee shown in dark yellow (former eastern territories) and grey (Free City of Danzig) | |
| Predecessor | Western Institute |
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| Successor |
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| Established | January 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1960 |
| Type | Government commission |
| Purpose | Oversight of polonisation of place-names |
| Location | |
Region | Regained Territories |
Official language | Polish |
Chairman | Stanisław Srokowski |
Commission member | Kazimierz Nitsch |
Commission member | Stanisław Rospond |
Commission member | Mikołaj Rudnicki |
Key people | Władysław Semkowicz Witold Taszycki |
The Commission for the Determination of Place Names (Polish: Komisja Ustalania Nazw Miejscowości) was a commission of the Polish Department of Public Administration, founded in January 1946. Its mission was the establishment of toponyms for places, villages, towns and cities in the former eastern territories of Germany (then known in Poland as the Regained Territories).