Kuźnica is a settlement and popular
seaside resort
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in northern
Poland
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, located between
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 ...
and
Jastarnia
Jastarnia (, ) is a resort town in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodship, northern Poland. It is located on the Hel Peninsula on the Baltic Sea. It is a popular Polish seaside resort and small fishing port.
The place was mentioned as "Osternese" in ...
on the
Hel Peninsula
Hel Peninsula (; ; ; or ''Putziger Nehrung'') is a sand bar peninsula in northern Poland separating the Bay of Puck from the open Baltic Sea. It is located in Puck County of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Name
The name of the peninsula ...
on the southern coast of the
Baltic Sea
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in
Puck County __NOTOC__
Puck County (, ) 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 history of Poland, since the times of th ...
,
Pomeranian Voivodeship
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The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...
.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1570.
Kuźnica was a royal village of the
Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the
Pomeranian Voivodeship
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The voivodeship was established on January 1, 1999, out of the former voivodeships of Gdańsk Voivo ...
. In 1635, in the face of a Polish–Swedish War, Polish King
Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa or Ladislaus IV (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Monarchy of Sweden, Sweden and List of Russian monarchs, Russia. Born into the House of Vasa as a prince ...
ordered the construction of the Kazimierzowo sea fort. During the
Swedish invasion of Poland (''Deluge'') in 1655 the Poles withdrew to
Puck, and Kazimierzowo was taken over by the Swedes.
[ After the war Kuźnica developed as a fishing village.][
Kuznice - typ rybaka 1924-1939 (70938940) (cropped).jpg, Fisherman, before 1939
Pociag na Helu, Kuznica 1930-1939 (37046298) (cropped).jpg, Train in Hel, Kuźnica, before 1939
Kuznice - siec na wegorze 1905-1944 (69712704) (cropped).jpg, Fishing nets, 1905–1944
Morze miedzy Kuznica a Chalupami 1930-1935 (68082762) (cropped).jpg, The sea between Kuźnica and Chałupy, before 1935
During the ]German occupation of Poland
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(World War II
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), several Poles
Pole or poles may refer to:
People
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...
from Hel were enslaved as forced labour
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to serve new German colonists in Kuźnica.
Gallery
File:Kuznice kosciol.jpg, Saint Anthony church
File:Stacja kuźnica.jpg, Train station
File:Kuźnica Harbour 05.jpg, Kuźnica Harbour
File:Kuznica01 plaza.jpg, Beach
File:Kuźnica Syberia - Statue 01.jpg, Wayside shrine
File:Kuźnica - centrum turystycznej informacji.JPG, Tourist information centre
See also
* Jurata
*Bay of Puck
The Bay of Puck or Puck Bay (; ; ), is a shallow western branch of the Bay of Gdańsk in the southern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Gdańsk Pomerania, Poland. It is separated from the open sea by the Hel Peninsula.
The bay has an average depth of ...
References
External links
Official website
Villages in Puck County
Fishing in Poland
Populated coastal places in Poland
Seaside resorts in Poland
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