| Gnieżdżewo | |
| Other Name: | Gniéżdżewò |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Puck |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Puck |
| Coordinates: | 54.7458°N 18.3789°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | GPU |
| Elevation Min M: | 30 |
| Elevation Max M: | 50 |
| Population Total: | 1113 |
Gnieżdżewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Puck and 460NaN0 north of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
The village was first mentioned in medieval documents in 1305.[2] Gnieżdżewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3] It was granted several privileges in the Late Middle Ages, which were confirmed by Polish Kings Sigismund II Augustus and Władysław IV Vasa in 1544 and 1633.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, several Polish families were expelled, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]
In Gnieżdżewo was born on 7 November 1870 Konstantyn Dominik, Polish Catholic priest, auxiliary bishop of Chełmno (now Pelplin). He died during the German occupation of Poland (World War II) on 7 March 1942 in Gdańsk.