Kołczygłowy Explained

Kołczygłowy
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bytów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Kołczygłowy
Coordinates:54.2397°N 17.2267°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Area Total Km2:173.3
Elevation M:128
Population Total:1188
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:77-140
Area Code Type:Area Code
Area Code:(+48) 59
Registration Plate:GBY

Kołczygłowy (German: Alt Kolziglow)[1] is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kołczygłowy.[2] It lies approximately 22km (14miles) north-west of Bytów and 930NaN0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

The rural church was the place of the marriage of Otto von Bismarck and Johanna von Puttkamer on 28 July 1847.[3]

Notable people

See also

History of Pomerania

Notes and References

  1. Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  3. Book: Bismarck, sein Leben und sein Werk. Bismarck kolziglow.. C. Krabbe. Gottlob. Egelhaaf. 1922. 20. German.