Chełmek | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nowy Dwór Gdański |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Stegna |
Coordinates: | 54.2722°N 19.1781°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Chełmek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stegna, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański and 370NaN0 east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1772, the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.