Nowa Kościelnica is a
village in the administrative district of
Gmina Ostaszewo, within
Nowy Dwór Gdański 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-east of
Ostaszewo, west of
Nowy Dwór Gdański, 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 ...
.
Before 1772 the area was part of
Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939
Free City of Danzig
The Free City of Danzig (german: Freie Stadt Danzig; pl, Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; csb, Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a city-state under the protection of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gda ...
, 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see
History of Pomerania.
Nowa Kościelnica is famed for its two
Mennonite houses, which date back hundreds of years. They are considered to be the oldest standing houses in Poland.
References
Villages in Nowy Dwór Gdański County
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