Kościerza | |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | West Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Koszalin |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Sianów |
Coordinates: | 54.1544°N 16.4333°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Kościerza is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Sianów, within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12km (07miles) south-east of Sianów, 160NaN0 east of Koszalin, and 1460NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.
Until 1653, the village was part of Duchy of Pomerania. It was part of Brandenburg, then Germany, until the end of World War II. For the post-war history of the region, see History of Pomerania.