Korne, Kościerzyna County

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Korne
Village
Korne is located in Poland
Korne
Korne
Coordinates: 54°8′7″N 17°51′32″E / 54.13528°N 17.85889°E / 54.13528; 17.85889
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKościerzyna
GminaGmina Kościerzyna
Population
495
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Korne [ˈkɔrnɛ] (Kashubian: Kòrné; German: Kornen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Kościerzyna and 57 km (35 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 495.

Korne was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered the pre-war Polish wójt of Korne (local administration official) in the nearby village of Gostomie as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 110, 112 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 155 (in Polish)


Coordinates: 54°8′7″N 17°51′32″E / 54.13528°N 17.85889°E / 54.13528; 17.85889


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