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Skowronki
Village
Skowronki is located in PolandSkowronkiSkowronki
Coordinates: 54°21′7″N 19°17′9″E / 54.35194°N 19.28583°E / 54.35194; 19.28583
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyNowy Dwór Gdański
GminaSztutowo
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGND
Voivodeship roads

Skowronki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sztutowo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Sztutowo, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and 43 km (27 mi) east of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

The village was a possession of the city of Gdańsk, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship in the Kingdom of Poland until the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, when it was annexed by Prussia, and from 1871 to 1919 it was also part of Germany. From 1920 to 1939 it formed part of the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk), and afterwards it was annexed by Nazi Germany at the start of World War II in 1939. It became again part of Poland following Germany's defeat in the war in 1945.

The Vistula Spit canal passes near Skowronki.

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. 129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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