Gmina Kaliska
__NOTOC__ Gmina Kaliska is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kaliska, Gmina Kaliska, Kaliska, which lies approximately west of Starogard Gdański and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,150. Villages Gmina Kaliska contains the villages and settlements of Bartel Mały, Bartel Wielki, Biedaczek, Cieciorka, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Cieciorka, Czarne, Gmina Kaliska, Czarne, Dąbrowa, Starogard County, Dąbrowa, Frank, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Frank, Iwiczno, Kaliska, Gmina Kaliska, Kaliska, Kamienna Karczma, Kazub, Łążek, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Łążek, Leśna Huta, Lipska Karczma, Młyńsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Młyńsk, Okoninki, Piece, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Piece, Płociczno, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Płociczno, Sowi Dół, Strych, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Strych, Studzienice, Starogard County, Studzi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminas include cities and towns, with 302 among them constituting an independent urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminas make up a higher level unit called powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina ( pl, gmina miejska) constituted either by a sta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iwiczno
Iwiczno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kaliska, south-west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania. Iwiczno was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, ''Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.'', Toruń, 1955, pp. 110-111 (in Polish) Notable people * (1874–1925), Polish journalist and ethnographer, Kashubian poet, officer of the Polish Army, founder of the Kashubian Ethnographic Park in Wdzydze Kiszewskie Wdzydze Kiszewskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Trzechowo
Trzechowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kaliska, south-west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...''. References Trzechowo {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Studzienice, Starogard County
Studzienice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kaliska, west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Studzienice {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Strych, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Strych is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kaliska, west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Strych {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sowi Dół
Sowi Dół () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubichowo, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...''. References Villages in Starogard County {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Płociczno, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Płociczno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kaliska, west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Villages in Starogard County {{DEFAULTSORT:Płociczno, Pomeranian Voivodeship ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Piece, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Piece (german: Ofen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of Kaliska, south-west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania. The village has a population of 840. History During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Piece was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the ''Intelligenzaktion''. The local priest was murdered by the Germans in October 1939, during the large massacres of Poles carried out in the Forest of Szpęgawsk (see: ''Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland''). References Piece Piece or Pieces (not to be confused with peace) may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Games * Piece (chess), pieces deployed on a chessboard for playing the game o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Okoninki
Okoninki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Kaliska, west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...''. References Okoninki {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Młyńsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Młyńsk is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kaliska, south-west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...''. References Villages in Starogard County {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lipska Karczma
Lipska Karczma is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Kaliska, west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see ''History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol ...''. References Lipska Karczma {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leśna Huta
Leśna Huta is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately west of Kaliska, west of Starogard Gdański, and south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern-day times Pomerania is split between Germany and Pol .... References Villages in Starogard County {{Starogard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |