Prusewo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Puck |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Krokowa |
Coordinates: | 54.7731°N 17.9836°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | GPU |
Population Total: | 305 |
Prusewo (German: Prüssau)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 12km (07miles) west of Krokowa, 280NaN0 west of Puck, and 620NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
Prusewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]
During World War II the Germans operated a labor camp for prisoners of war from the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[4]