Rzucewo ( csb, Rzucewò; german: Rutzau) 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 Puck
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Gmina Puck is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Puck, Poland, Puck, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers a ...
, within
Puck County
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Puck County ( pl, powiat pucki, csb, pùcczi pòwiat) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland, on the Baltic coast. The ''powiat'' of this name existed in the hist ...
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
It lies approximately east of
Puck and north of the regional capital
Gdańsk. There is also a castle called
Rzucewo Castle, which was the residence of the former king of Poland.
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 ...
''.
The village has a population of 354.
References
Rzucewo
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