Gmina Konarzyny
Gmina Konarzyny | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Pomerania | |
Powiat : | Chojnice | |
Geographic location : | 53 ° 49 ' N , 17 ° 23' E | |
Residents : | see Gmina | |
Postal code : | 89-607 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 59 | |
License plate : | GCH | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Rural community | |
Gmina structure: | 6 school offices | |
Surface: | 104.27 km² | |
Residents: | 2316 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 22 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 2202052 | |
Administration (as of 2014) | ||
Wójt : | Jacek Warsiński | |
Address: | ul. Szkolna 7 89-607 Konarzyny |
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Website : | www.konarzyny.pl |
The Gmina Konarzyny is a rural community in the powiat Chojnicki (Konitz) of the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship . It has an area of 104.3 km², on which 2316 people live (June 30, 2019). Its seat is the village of the same name ( German : Groß Konarczyn , Kashubian Kònarzënë ).
Geographical location
The village is located in Western Pomerania in the former West Prussia , about 23 kilometers northwest of Chojnice (Konitz) and 40 kilometers south of the town of Bytów (Bütow) in the westernmost corner of the powiat Chojnicki. 38% of the area is used for agriculture, 54% is forest.
The Brda (Brahe) runs through the area of the rural municipality. There are also numerous lakes, such as the Jezioro Parszczenica, which, however, only borders the rural community.
history
The region has belonged to Polish Prussia since the 15th century . Due to the first partition of Poland in 1772, it came to the Kingdom of Prussia and later belonged to the West Prussia province of the German Empire .
After the First World War , the northeastern part of the Schlochau district was ceded to the Second Polish Republic due to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty in 1920 . The border ran through the area of today's Gmina. The Prussian rural community Groß Konarczyn came to Poland, while the manor districts Groß Konarczyn and Zechlau remained with the German Empire. With the invasion of Poland in 1939, the territory came under international law to the territory of the Reich and returned to Poland towards the end of the Second World War . Had not fled far as German citizens, they were in the period that followed sold .
From 1975 to 1998 the rural community belonged to the Slupsk Voivodeship .
Community structure
Schulzenämter
The rural municipality of Konarzyny includes six localities, each with a Schulzenamt .
Polish name | German name (until 1920/45) |
Kashubian name | Pop. (2011) |
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Ciecholewy | Czechlau, Zechlau | Cechòlewë | 155 | (Location) |
Kiełpin | Kelpin | Czełpink | 32 | (Location) |
Konarzyny | Great Konarczyn | Kònarzënë | 523 | (Location) |
Zielona Chocina | Green pods | Zelonô Chòcënô | 77 | (Location) |
Zielona Huta | Grünhütte | Zelonô Hëta | 283 | (Location) |
Żychce | Sight | Żëchce | 227 | (Location) |
Other localities in the municipality
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Sights and nature
- Architectural monuments
- Parish church pw śś. Piotra i Pawła in Konarzyny (1731)
- Nature and tourism
- The lakes and the Brda offer numerous opportunities for swimming and canoeing.
Web links
- Official website of Gmina Konarzyny (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 .
- ^ Rolf Jehke: Konarczyn district . In: Territorial changes in Germany and German administered areas 1874-1945. (Status: February 17, 2004)
- ↑ The Historical Place Directory