Żelkowo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Słupsk |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Główczyce |
Coordinates: | 54.5903°N 17.2078°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 280 |
Żelkowo (German: Wendisch Silkow)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Główczyce, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) west of Główczyce, 180NaN0 north-east of Słupsk, and 960NaN0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village has a church built in the first half of the 19th century. Near the village there is a hydro power-station on Łupawa river, built in 1906.[3]