Wierzchowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Wierzchowo
Village
Aerial view of Wierzchowo
Aerial view of Wierzchowo
Wierzchowo is located in Poland
Wierzchowo
Wierzchowo
Coordinates: 53°36′21″N 17°25′14″E / 53.60583°N 17.42056°E / 53.60583; 17.42056Coordinates: 53°36′21″N 17°25′14″E / 53.60583°N 17.42056°E / 53.60583; 17.42056
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyCzłuchów
GminaGmina Człuchów
Population
331
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGCZ

Wierzchowo [vjɛʂˈxɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Wierzchòwò; German: Firchau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Człuchów, within Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Człuchów and 116 km (72 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 331.

History[]

Wierzchowo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] With the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the village, as Firchau became part of the Schlochau district in the Prussian province of West Prussia. In 1871, it became part of Germany, where it remained until 1945. From 1922 to 1938, it was part of the Province of Posen-West Prussia and from 1938 to 1945, it was part of the Province of Pomerania.

From 1920 to 1939, Firchau was located on the border between Germany and Poland and had a railway station of the Prussian Eastern Railway connecting Berlin and Königsberg, which was the last station in Germany before the Polish border. The next station, Moszczenica Pomorska (Mosnitz) was on the Polish side. Since 1945, the village has belonged to Poland.

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. 82 (in Polish)


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