Błotnik

Błotnik
Village
Błotnik
Coordinates: 54°16′33″N 18°52′30″E / 54.27583°N 18.87500°E / 54.27583; 18.87500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Gdańsk
Gmina	Cedry Wielkie
Population	344

Błotnik [ˈbwɔtnik] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedry Wielkie, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Cedry Wielkie, 16 km (10 mi) east of Pruszcz Gdański, and 19 km (12 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 344.

History

Blotnik was formerly known as Schmerblock and was part of Kreis Danzig-Niederung during the existence of the Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) in the period from 1919 to 1939 and part of Nazi Germany from 1939 - 1945

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Coordinates: 54°16′33″N 18°52′30″E / 54.27583°N 18.87500°E / 54.27583; 18.87500

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