Gostomko Explained

Gostomko
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kościerzyna
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Lipusz
Coordinates:54.1611°N 17.8239°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:124

Gostomko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipusz, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) north of Lipusz, 120NaN0 north-west of Kościerzyna, and 580NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

Gostomko was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and restored to Poland, after Poland regained independence in 1918.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1944, the Germans expelled many Poles, who were deported to the Potulice concentration camp and then sent to forced labour in various places.[3]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 110-111 (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, p. 130 (in Polish)