[4] The District of the Western Pomerania was established on 14 March 1945, by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland, as one of the four districts created to administer the area known as the Recovered Territories, acquired by Poland from Nazi Germany, during, and in the aftermath of World War 2.

[1][2] The district was administrated by the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary of the District of the Western Pomerania, with the Government Plenipotentiary as the head of the subdivision, and the officers of the Ministry of Public Security, as their deputies.

On 15 January 1946, the government begun transferring the seat back to Szczecin, and it was fully moved, on 28 February 1946.

[7] On 7 July 1945, the counties of Człuchów, and Złotów, were transferred to the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

[9] The district existed until 28 June 1946, when it was abolished and incorporated into then-established Szczecin Voivodeship.