See also: Kraśniewo, Masovian Voivodeship.
| Kraśniewo | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Malbork |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Malbork |
| Coordinates: | 54.0169°N 18.9717°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Population Total: | 230 |
Kraśniewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malbork, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) south-west of Malbork and 450NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1772 the area was part of the Kingdom of Poland, from 1772 to 1919 of Prussia and Germany, from 1920 to 1939 of the Free City of Danzig, and from September 1939 to February 1945 of Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.