Gardna Wielka | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Słupsk |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Smołdzino |
Coordinates: | 54.6375°N 17.1658°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 803 |
Gardna Wielka (de|Groß Garde)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Smołdzino, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south-west of Smołdzino, 210NaN0 north-east of Słupsk, and 1000NaN0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village is located, was part of Germany.[3] [4] On 8 March 1945, the region was conquested by the Red Army, and after the end of World War II the local populace was expelled to West Germany and the town and district became part of Poland as Powiat słupski. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.