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Prusewo

Coordinates: 54°46′23″N 17°59′1″E / 54.77306°N 17.98361°E / 54.77306; 17.98361
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Prusewo
Village
Szęść Dębów ("Six Oaks") Manor House in Prusewo
Szęść Dębów ("Six Oaks") Manor House in Prusewo
Prusewo is located in Poland
Prusewo
Prusewo
Coordinates: 54°46′23″N 17°59′1″E / 54.77306°N 17.98361°E / 54.77306; 17.98361
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaKrokowa
Population
305
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGPU

Prusewo [pruˈsɛvɔ] (German: Prüssau)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Krokowa, 28 km (17 mi) west of Puck, and 62 km (39 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

Prusewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]

During World War II the Germans operated a labor camp for prisoners of war from the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 101.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2020.