Gmina Gniewino
| Gmina Gniewino | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Pomerania | ||
| Powiat : | Wejherowski | ||
| Geographic location : | 54 ° 43 ' N , 18 ° 0' E | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Postal code : | 84-250 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 58 | ||
| License plate : | GWE | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Street : | Gardkowice - Czymanowo | ||
| Perlino - Rybno | |||
| Strzebielinko - Tadzino | |||
| Rail route : | no rail connection | ||
| Next international airport : | Danzig | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 31 localities | ||
| 11 school offices | |||
| Surface: | 176.21 km² | ||
| Residents: | 7437 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 42 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 2215052 | ||
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| Community leader : | Zbigniew Walczak | ||
| Address: | ul.Pomorska 8 84-250 Gniewino |
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| Website : | www.gniewino.pl | ||
The Gmina Gniewino is a rural community in the powiat Wejherowski of the Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . It has more than 7400 inhabitants and its seat is the village of the same name ( German Gnewin , Kashubian Gniéwino ) with about 1700 inhabitants.
geography
The rural community and is located in the northwest of Kashubia . It covers an area of 176.2 km². The landscape of the Gmina is characterized by several lakes, such as the Jezioro Żarnowieckie (Zarnowitz Lake) on the northeast border and the Jezioro Salińskie (Sauliner Lake) , the Jezioro Czarne (Black Lake) and the Jezioro Dąbrze (Klein Damerkower Lake) in the west and southwest of the Local community. The southern municipality is traversed by the Reda (Rheda) on its way to the Zatoka Pucka (Putziger Wiek) . The Baltic Sea is about ten kilometers away.
Neighboring communities of Gmina Gniewino are:
- in the powiat Wejherowski : Choczewo (Chottschow) , Łęczyce (Lanz) , Luzino (Lusin) and Wejherowo (Neustadt) ,
- in the Powiat Pucki : Krokowa (Krockow) .
history
The eastern border of the Gmina, with the exception of Nadole and areas of the southern border, correspond to the former border between the Prussian provinces of Pomerania and West Prussia , which was the German-Polish state border of the Polish corridor between 1919 and 1939 .
From 1975 to 1998 the municipality was part of the Gdansk Voivodeship .
Partner communities
- Zblewo , Poland
- Łapsze Niżne , Poland
structure
The rural community Gniewino includes 31 localities, which are assigned to eleven villages with " Schulzenämtern ":
- Schulzenämter :
- Other localities : Alpy, Bychówko ( Niedermühle ), Chynowiec ( Brandswerder ), Dąbrówka ( Klein Damerkow ), Dębina ( Rexinhof ), Gniewinko ( Gnewinke ), Jęczewo ( Enzow ), Łęczyn Dolny ( Unter Bismark ), Nowy Młot ( Neuhammer. ) ( Oppalin ) Perlinko ( Klein Perlin ) Płaczewo ( Platschow ) Rybienko, Salinko ( Saulinke ) Salino ( Saulin ) Słuszewo ( Schluschow ) Strzebielinek, Strzebielinko ( Friedrichsrode ) Tadzino ( Tadden ) and Toliszczek ( Burgdorf ).
The village of Kolkowo ( Kolkau ) no longer exists.
economy
pumped storage power plant
The Südarnowiec (Elektrownia Wodny Żarnowiec) pumped storage power plant was built on the south bank of the Jezioro Żarnowieckie (Lake Zarnowice) from 1976 to 1983 . It has a pump capacity of 800 MW and a turbine capacity of 716 MW. A few kilometers away is the still unfinished Elektroarnowiec nuclear power plant (Elektrownia Jądrowa Żarnowiec), plans for completion are politically controversial.
tourism
The Kaszubskie Oko ("Kashubian Eye") leisure facility with a 44-meter-high observation tower is located in the east of the municipality . 212 steps lead to the visitor platform at a height of 36 meters. The facility opened in September 2006.
traffic
The community area is developed through numerous smaller side streets.
There is no longer a train connection. Until 2001 (passenger traffic) and 2004 (freight traffic) the area of the municipality was connected to the rail network.
In 1902 the Neustadt - Prüssau small railway built the line from Neustadt in West Prussia (today: Wejherowo) via Rieben (Rybno) to Prüssau (Prusewo), in 1905 further to Chottschow (Choczewo), and in 1910 the line was extended the Chottschow - Garzigar small railway to Garzigar (Garczegorze) on the Lauenburg (Lębork) - Leba (Łeba) railway line .
On this small railway line in the area of today's Gmina Gniewino were the train stations: Rieben (Rybno), Schluschow (Słuszewo), Lissow (Lisewo), Kolkau-Gnewin (Gniewino), Friedrichsrode (Strzebielinko) and Burgsdorf-Bychow (Toliszczek).
Between 1919 and 1939, rail operations were interrupted due to the demarcation of the Polish Corridor between Gohra (1939 to 1945 Überbrück , today: Zamostne) and Rieben (Rybno).
Personalities
- Jacob Bogislaw von Puttkamer (1753–1846), Prussian lieutenant general, born in Schluschow
- Peter von Blanckensee (1858–1914), Prussian general, born in Rieben.
Web links
- Web presence of Gmina Gniewino (Polish)
Footnotes
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
