Poland is subdivided administratively as follows:  
        voivodeship - highest level administrative subdivision, equivalent to a Province in other countries.  
        powiat - similar to districts or counties.  
        gminas - communities or municipalities. There are 3 types of gminas:  
                   urban gmina - simply one larger town or city
                   urban-rural gmina - one or more smaller towns combined with surrounding villages and countryside  
                   rural gmina - one or more small villages and surrounding countryside.

Stuhm is a powiat (district) in the Pomorskie Voivodeship (province) of Poland. Prior to the end of World War II, this area was known as West Prussia, and was a part of Germany. During that time, it took the German spelling of Sztum. Stuhm is also the name of the largest city (urban gmina) in the powiat of Stuhm.

Many of our Zielinski and Lewandowski ancestors originated in this area. Click within the red boxes on the map below to go to specific pages for the individual towns and villages, or click on the map itself to see the full map. This map is from 1893, shortly after our ancestors had emigrated to America. At that time, the area was a part of Germany. Poles were generally discriminated against, had few rights, and were often forced out of their homes to make room for German families.