Czernin () (german: Hohendorf) is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Sztum
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Gmina Sztum is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Sztum, which lies approximately south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
The gmina ...
, within
Sztum County,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The ...
, in northern Poland.
It lies approximately south-east of
Sztum and south-east of the regional capital
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
.
It is located in the region of
Powiśle.
History
Czernin was a private village of
Polish nobility
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ...
, including the Kczewski family, administratively located in the
Malbork Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. In the
First Partition of Poland (1772) it was annexed by
Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. The last heir of Czernin, was murdered by the German occupiers during
World War II in the
Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1939. After Germany's defeat in the war in 1945, the village was restored to Poland.
Cuisine
Czernin is the place of cultivation of the Czernin apple, which is named after the village, and is officially recognized by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland as a
traditional food.
References
Villages in Sztum County
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