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.[1] 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 Union nuclear military base.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.