Nietków Explained

Nietków
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Lubusz
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Zielona Góra
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Czerwieńsk
Coordinates:52.2°N 41°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:1302
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Area Code:+48 68
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:66-017
Registration Plate:FZI

Nietków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czerwieńsk, within Zielona Góra County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 21km (13miles) north of Czerwieńsk, 300NaN0 north of Zielona Góra, and 610NaN0 south of Gorzów Wielkopolski.

While part of Medieval Poland, in the early 14th-century Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis the village appeared under the Latinized name Necka. Its name probably comes from the Polish word niecka. In the following centuries it was known as Nietków Polski and under the Germanized name of Polnisch Nettkow. Between 1871 and 1945 it was part of Germany, and during the Nazi campaign of removing place names of Polish origin, it was renamed Schlesisch Nettkow. Since 1945, simply as Nietków, it is again part of Poland. The village was affected by the 1997 Central European flood.

Nietków has a historic church of the Ascension of Jesus and a park dating back to the 18th century.

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.