Gdakowo

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

53°49′14″N 19°9′26″E / 53.82056°N 19.15722°E / 53.82056; 19.15722Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountyKwidzynGminaPrabutyPopulation

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Gdakowo [ɡdaˈkɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Prabuty, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Prabuty, 18 km (11 mi) north-east of Kwidzyn, and 70 km (43 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.

History

The village was part of the Kingdom of Poland until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Prussia. In November 1831, several Polish cavalry units of the November Uprising stopped near the village on the way to their internment places.^[2] In 1871, the village became part of Germany, and following Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, it became again part of Poland.

Transport

There is a train station in the village.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Kasparek, Norbert (2014). "Żołnierze polscy w Prusach po upadku powstania listopadowego. Powroty do kraju i wyjazdy na emigrację". In Katafiasz, Tomasz (ed.). Na tułaczym szlaku... Powstańcy Listopadowi na Pomorzu (in Polish). Koszalin: Muzeum w Koszalinie, Archiwum Państwowe w Koszalinie. p. 140.