Żukczyn | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gdańsk |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Pruszcz Gdański |
Coordinates: | 54.2128°N 18.6056°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 315 |
Registration Plate: | GDA |
Blank Name Sec2: | Highways |
Żukczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7km (04miles) south of Pruszcz Gdański and 180NaN0 south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
The settlement dates back to prehistoric times and there are three archaeological sites (two settlements and a cemetery) from the Iron Age in Żukczyn.[2]
It was the site of an early medieval settlement, which is also an archaeological site.[2] It became part of the emerging Polish state under Poland's first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century.
Żukczyn was a private church village of the monastery in Oliwa, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Polish Crown.[3]
The Polish A1 motorway runs through the village.