Gościno

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Gościno
Town
Karlińska Street
Karlińska Street
Coat of arms of Gościno
Coat of arms
Gościno is located in Poland
Gościno
Gościno
Coordinates: 54°3′13″N 15°39′2″E / 54.05361°N 15.65056°E / 54.05361; 15.65056
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipWest Pomeranian
CountyKołobrzeg
GminaGościno
First mentioned13th century
Town rights2011
Population
2,332
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
78-120
Area code(s)+48 94
Car platesZKL

Gościno (Polish: [ɡɔɕˈt͡ɕinɔ]; German: Groß Jestin)[1] is a small town in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gościno.[2] It lies in Pomerania, approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Kołobrzeg and 100 km (62 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

The town has a population of 2,332.

History[]

Saint Andrew Bobola church

The earliest documentation of the village of Gościno appears in the year 1238 as a property of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. The town's name derives from the Old Polish male name Gościmir.[3] A main tourist site in Gościno, the Church of St. Andrew Bobola, houses a cup-shaped baptismal font hewn from one Gotland limestone boulder, from the 12th and 13th centuries. It is one of the few sacred relics of this kind in Western Pomerania.[4]

During earlier centuries the settlement had been a domain owned and farmed out by the town of Kołobrzeg.[citation needed] It had been bought by the town's magistrate in the 14th century from the abbot of Doberan Abbey. Around 1780 the domain included 16 farm houses.[citation needed]

From the 18th century the village was part of the Kingdom of Prussia and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany, administratively located in the Landkreis Kolberg-Körlin of the Province of Pomerania. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945 it became again part of Poland.

Since 1 January 2011 Gościno has had the status of a town.

Gallery[]

  • IV Dywizji Wojska Polskiego Street

  • Public library

  • Memorial stone

  • Old house

Notable people[]

  • Egon Schultz (1943–1964) a German sergeant of the East German Border Troops who became the fifty-second known person to die at the Berlin Wall

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ M. Kaemmerer (2004). Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder u. Neiße (in German). ISBN 3-7921-0368-0.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Edward Breza, Zeszyty Kulickie, 1999, p. 96 (in Polish)
  4. ^ Strona główna - Parsęta

External links[]

Coordinates: 54°3′13″N 15°39′2″E / 54.05361°N 15.65056°E / 54.05361; 15.65056

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