See also: Balewo, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Balewo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sztum |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Mikołajki Pomorskie |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 53.8667°N 34°W |
Population Total: | 170 |
Balewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mikołajki Pomorskie, within Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) east of Mikołajki Pomorskie, 160NaN0 south-east of Sztum, and 690NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, and in 1648–1945 it belonged to Prussia and Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.