Kuźnica, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Not to be confused with Kuźnica, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Kuźnica
Village
Beach in Kuźnica
Beach in Kuźnica
Kuźnica is located in Poland
Kuźnica
Kuźnica
Kuźnica is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuźnica
Kuźnica
Coordinates: 54°44′N 18°34′E / 54.733°N 18.567°E / 54.733; 18.567
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaJastarnia
First mentioned1570
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGPU
Voivodeship roads

Kuźnica is a settlement and popular seaside resort in northern Poland, located between Chałupy and Jastarnia on the Hel Peninsula on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1570.[1] Kuźnica was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] In 1635, in the face of a Polish–Swedish War, Polish King Władysław IV Vasa ordered the construction of the Kazimierzowo sea fort. During the Swedish invasion of Poland (Deluge) in 1655 the Poles withdrew to Puck, and Kazimierzowo was taken over by the Swedes.[1] After the war Kuźnica developed as a fishing village.[1]

  • Fisherman, before 1939
    Fisherman, before 1939
  • Train in Hel, Kuźnica, before 1939
    Train in Hel, Kuźnica, before 1939
  • Fishing nets, 1905–1944
    Fishing nets, 1905–1944
  • The sea between Kuźnica and Chałupy, before 1935
    The sea between Kuźnica and Chałupy, before 1935

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several Poles from Hel were enslaved as forced labour to serve new German colonists in Kuźnica.[3]

  • Saint Anthony church
    Saint Anthony church
  • Train station
    Train station
  • Kuźnica Harbour
    Kuźnica Harbour
  • Beach
    Beach
  • Wayside shrine
    Wayside shrine
  • Tourist information centre
    Tourist information centre

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Historia Kuźnicy". Kuznica.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 100.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 54. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.


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