Kościerzyna

Kościerzyna

Infobox Settlement
name = Kościerzyna


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Meeting of Kashubians on the streets of Kościerzyna, 2004



image_shield = POL Kościerzyna COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kościerzyna County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Kościerzyna (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Marcin Modrzejewski
established_title = Established
established_date = 13th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1398
area_total_km2 = 15.83
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 23016
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 54 | latm = 7 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 17 | longm = 59 | longs = | longEW = E
elevation_m = 150
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 83-400 to 83-401
area_code = +48 58
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GKS
website = http://www.koscierzyna.gda.pl
Kościerzyna [IPA-pl|k|o|ś|ć|e1|'|ż|y|n|a] (Kashubian/Pomeranian: "Kòscérzëna", former Audio-de|Berent|Berent.ogg) is a town in Kashubia in Gdańsk Pomerania region, northern Poland, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. It is around 50 km south-west of Gdańsk and Tricity.

Tourist attractions

* Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna (steam locomotive museum) located at Towarowa 7 Street. [ [http://www.koscierzyna.gda.pl/391,artykul.html Interesting article with photos on this museum (in Polish)] ]
* Lake Galezne [ [http://www.koscierzyna.gda.pl/415,artykul.html See an article with photos describing the lake (in Polish)] ]
* Sanctuary [ [http://www.koscierzyna.gda.pl/414,artykul.html Article on the Sanctuary] . See also [http://www.sanktuarium.pl Sanctuary's website] ]

Population

Records of the Population of Berent from 1641- 1944 are on film rolls (see link below)

1960: 10,900 inhabitants of Kościerzyna
1970: 15,100 inhabitants
1975: 17,100 inhabitants
1980: 18,700 inhabitants
1990: 22,700 inhabitants
1995: 23,100 inhabitants
1998: 23,500 inhabitants
2003: 23,196 inhabitants (Men: 11 272)

See also

*Kościerzyna (PKP station)

External links

*pl icon [http://www.koscierzyna.gda.pl/ Municipal website]
*pl icon [http://www.koscierzyna.gda.pl/17,kategoria.html Twin cities of Kościerzyna]
*pl icon [http://galeria.koscierzyna.gda.pl/miasta/ Photogalleries of Kościerzyna's twin cities]
* [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=300730&disp=Kirchenbuch%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Some German-language documents regarding population]

Gallery

Twin towns

Cölbe, Sanary-sur-Mer, Pryluky


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