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Gmina Władysławowo
__NOTOC__ Gmina Władysławowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the city of Władysławowo. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2013 its total population was around 15,400. In years 1973-2014, gmina constituted an urban gmina. This changed on January 1, 2015, when it became an urban-rural gmina. Villages Apart from the town of Władysławowo, Gmina Władysławowo contains seven villages: Chałupy, Chłapowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Chłapowo, Jastrzębia Góra, Karwia, Ostrowo, Puck County, Ostrowo, Rozewie, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Rozewie and Tupadły, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Tupadły. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gmina Wladyslawowo Gminas in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Wladyslawowo Puck County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chałupy
Chałupy (, ) is a seaside resort and a Polish village with conditions favorable for windsurfing and kitesurfing, in Gmina Władysławowo. It is situated between Władysławowo and Kuźnica on the Hel Peninsula on the southern Baltic Sea in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Its population in 2009 was 376. In 1836 the village was the site of one of the last, if not the last, lynchings related to accusations of sorcery, when a widow Krystyna Ceynowa was killed by a mob after being accused of being a witch. In 1939 the village saw some fighting during the battle of Hel. The Germans captured it on 25 September, and around the same time, in its vicinity, Polish military engineers detonated torpedo warheads, temporarily transforming the Peninsula's far end into an island. Before 1 January 2015, Chałupy was part of the town of Władysławowo. Toward the last years of communist rule in Poland the locality became famous as the site of a government-legal nudist bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupadły, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Tupadły is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Władysławowo, north-west of Puck, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania. Prior to January 1, 2015, it was a part of the town Władysławowo. Tupadły was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship ( ; ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk. The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo .... Gallery File:Tupadły - Pucka Street 01.jpg, Pucka Street References Villages in Puck County {{Puck-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rozewie, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Rozewie, formerly Rixhöft is a village on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in the Kashubia, in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Władysławowo, north-west of Puck, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The nearby Cape Rozewie is named after the village. Prior to January 1, 2015, it was a part of the town Władysławowo. 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 (western), Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split betw .... References Villages in Puck County {{Puck-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrowo, Puck County
Ostrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south of the Baltic Sea, west of Władysławowo, north-west of Puck, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania. Prior to January 1, 2015, it was a part of the town Władysławowo. History Ostrowo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 1552 King Sigismund II Augustus renewed the old lost privilege of the village, which was later confirmed by Kings Władysław IV Vasa, John II Casimir Vasa and John III Sobieski John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karwia
Karwia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. It lies approximately north-west of Władysławowo, north-west of Puck, Poland, Puck, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania. Prior to January 1, 2015, it was a part of the town Władysławowo. Karwia was a royal village of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772), Pomeranian Voivodeship. Karwia - glowna ulica. 1918-1939 (69617481) (cropped).jpg, The main street in the interwar period Karwia - plaza. 1925-1929 (68330800) (cropped).jpg, Beach, before 1929 Karwia, rybacy ante 1939 (67263975) (cropped).jpg, Fishermen in Karwia, before 1939 Morze w Karwji - Pologne - le cotes de la Baltique - Poland - th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jastrzębia Góra
Jastrzębia Góra is a village on the south coast of the Baltic Sea in the Kashubia, in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Władysławowo, north-west of Puck, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. Prior to January 1, 2015, it was a part of the town Władysławowo. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. Gallery File:Jastrzębia góra.jpg, Beach at Jastrzębia Góra File:Jastrzębia Góra - beach.jpg File:Jastrzębia Góra - Dom Whisky 1.jpg, Whisky house, Jastrzębia Góra File:JastrzębiaGóra dom-do-góry-nogami-2.jpg, Upside down house in Jastrzębia Góra File:Gwiazda Północy - Jastrzębia Góra.jpg, "North Star Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris ( Latinized to ''Alpha Ursae Minoris'') and is commonly called the North Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chłapowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Chłapowo is a seaside resort and village in the administrative district of Gmina Władysławowo, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Puck, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania on the coast of the Baltic Sea. History The first mention of Chłapowo comes from 1359, the name of the village was then written in German as ''Klappow''. Chłapowo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The name Chłapowo was finally established in the mid-17th century. In 1877–1949, 124 box graves of the East Pomeranian culture from the Iron Age (650-400 BC) were discovered and examined in Chłapowo. Archaeologists found well-preserved amber ornaments, ashtrays, glass beads, earthenware, and jewelry. The subsequent archaeological research conducted in the vicinity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezydent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivodeships Of Poland
A voivodeship ( ; ; plural: ) is the highest-level Administrative divisions of Poland, administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries. The term has been in use since the 14th century and is commonly translated into English as "province". The administrative divisions of Poland, Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998, which went into effect on 1 January 1999, reduced the number of voivodeships to sixteen. These 16 replaced the 49 subdivisions of the Polish People's Republic, former voivodeships that had existed from 1 July 1975, and bear a greater resemblance (in territory, but not in name) to the voivodeships that existed between 1950 and 1975. Today's voivodeships are mostly named after historical and geographical regions, while those prior to 1998 generally took their names from the cities on which they were centered. The new units range in area from under (Opole Voivodeship) to over (Masovian Voivodeship), and in population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and towns, with 322 among them constituting an independent urban gmina () consisting solely of a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (''prezydent miasta''). The gmina has been the basic unit of territorial division in Poland since 1974, when it replaced the smaller gromada (cluster). Three or more gminy make up a higher level unit called a powiat, except for those holding the status of a city with powiat rights. Each and every powiat has the seat in a city or town, in the latter case either an urban gmina or a part of an urban-rural one. Types There are three types of gmina: #302 urban gmina () constituted either by a standalone town or one of the 107 cities, the latter governed by a city mayor (prezyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
