Gnieżdżewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck 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 north of Puck and north 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 within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

The village was first mentioned in medieval documents in 1305. Gnieżdżewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the

. It was granted several

privileges Privilege may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Privilege'' (film), a 1967 film directed by Peter Watkins * ''Privilege'' (Ivor Cutler album), 1983 * ''Privilege'' (Television Personalities album), 1990 * ''Privilege (Abridged)'', an alb ...

in the Late Middle Ages, which were confirmed by Polish Kings Sigismund II Augustus and Władysław IV Vasa in 1544 and 1633. During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1940, several Polish families were expelled, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the '' Lebensraum'' policy.

Notable people

In Gnieżdżewo was born on 7 November 1870

Konstantyn Dominik Konstantyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hanna, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-west of Hanna, north-west of Włodawa Włoda ...

, Polish Catholic priest, auxiliary bishop of Chełmno (now Pelplin). He died during the German occupation of Poland ( World War II) on 7 March 1942 in Gdańsk.

References

Villages in Puck County {{Puck-geo-stub