Åšwieszyno (; german: Schwessin) is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
in
Koszalin County
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Koszalin County ( pl, powiat koszaliński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a resul ...
,
West Pomeranian Voivodeship
The West Pomeranian Voivodeship, also known as the West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals 22 892.48 km² (8,838.84 sq mi), and in 2021, it was ...
, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina (administrative district) called
Gmina Åšwieszyno.
It lies approximately south of
Koszalin
Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-sta ...
and north-east of the regional capital
Szczecin.
The village has a population of 497.
Notable residents
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Ernst Pöppel
Ernst Pöppel (born 29 April 1940) is a German psychologist and neuroscientist. He is the father of Dr. David Poeppel.
Education and research
Pöppel was born in Schwessin, Farther Pomerania. He studied psychology and biology in Freiburg a ...
(born 1940), German psychologist and neuroscientist
References
Villages in Koszalin County
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