Brzeźnica-Kolonia Explained

Brzeźnica-Kolonia
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Złotów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Jastrowie
Coordinates:53.4283°N 16.6525°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:200

Brzeźnica-Kolonia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jastrowie, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 11km (07miles) west of Jastrowie, 270NaN0 west of Złotów, and 1160NaN0 north of the regional capital Poznań.

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1945 Prussia and Germany. For more on its history, see Złotów County.

Nearby the village are the remains of a Cold War Soviet nuclear military base.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Archaeology reveals Cold War nuclear bunkers in Poland . https://web.archive.org/web/20190122110543/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/01/archaeology-reveals-cold-war-nuclear-bunkers-poland/ . dead . January 22, 2019 . Blakemore . Erin . National Geographic . 21 January 2019 . 22 January 2019.
  2. The Vistula Programme - Nuclear Weapons for the Polish People's Army in case of war . Palka . Jaroslaw . Kwartalnik Historyczny . 0023-5903 . 2018 . 23 January 2019.