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Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Prusewo
Village
Szęść Dębów ("Six Oaks") Manor House in PrusewoSzęść Dębów ("Six Oaks") Manor House in Prusewo
Prusewo is located in PolandPrusewoPrusewo
Coordinates: 54°46′23″N 17°59′1″E / 54.77306°N 17.98361°E / 54.77306; 17.98361
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaKrokowa
Population305
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGPU

Prusewo (German: Prüssau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. 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.

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

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.

References

  1. Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 101.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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