Prusewo

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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; 17.98361Coordinates: 54°46′23″N 17°59′1″E / 54.77306°N 17.98361°E / 54.77306; 17.98361
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaKrokowa
Population
305
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGPU

Prusewo [pruˈsɛvɔ] (Kashubian: Prësewò) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] 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.

The village has a population of 305.

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

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.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 101.
  3. ^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2020.


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