Rowista 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 the administrative district of
Gmina Konarzyny
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Gmina Konarzyny ( csb, Kònarzënë) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Konarzyny, which lies approximately north-west of Chojnice and ...
, within
Chojnice County
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Chojnice County ( csb, Chòniczzi kréz, pl, powiat chojnicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the P ...
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
It lies approximately north-west of
Konarzyny
Konarzyny ( Kashubian ''Kònôrzënë''; formerly , ''Groß Konarzin'', or ''Groß Konarzyn'') is a village in Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Konar ...
, north-west of
Chojnice
Chojnice (; , or ''Chòjnice''; german: Konitz or ''Conitz'') is a town in northern Poland with 39,423 inhabitants as of December 2021, near the Tuchola Forest. It is the capital of the Chojnice County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
History
Pias ...
, 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 Po ...
.
References
Rowista
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