Wierzchucino

Wierzchucino [vjɛʂxuˈt͡ɕinɔ], (German: Wierschutzin) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 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 historic region of Pomerania.

Wierzchucino
Village
Sacred Heart church in Wierzchucino
Wierzchucino
Wierzchucino
Coordinates: 54°47′15″N 18°0′13″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaKrokowa
Population
1,536
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

In 1257 Wierzchucino was granted by Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania to the Cistercian nunnery in Żarnowiec,[2] what was later confirmed in Gdańsk by King of Poland Przemysł II in 1295.[3] In the early modern period (16th-18th centuries) the village had still been property of the nunnery of Żarnowiec.[4][5] After the First Partition of Poland it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. Administratively it belonged to the Province of Pomerania. 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.[6] After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland.

The village has a population of 1,536.

There is a historic Gothic Revival Sacred Heart church in Wierzchucino, and a memorial to Polish-Kashubian activist Antoni Miotk.[7]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom XIII, Warszawa, 1894, p. 416 (in Polish)
  3. Kodeks Dyplomatyczny Wielkopolski Vol. II, No. 739
  4. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 136 (in Polish)
  5. Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königl. Preußischen Herzogtums Vor- und Hinterpommern. Part II, Vol. 2, Stettin 1784, p. 1083, no. 100
  6. "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. "W Wierzchucinie uczcili pamięć słynnego puckiego działacza". Kaszuby24 (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2020.


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