Rybina Explained

Rybina
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nowy Dwór Gdański
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Stegna
Coordinates:54.2886°N 19.1117°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:403
Registration Plate:GND
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Rybina is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stegna, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) north of Nowy Dwór Gdański and 330NaN0 east of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

The village was a possession of the city of Gdańsk, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship[2] in the province of Royal Prussia in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. It was annexed by Prussia in the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, and from 1871 to 1919 it was also part of Germany. From 1920 to 1939 it formed part of the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk), and afterwards it was annexed by Nazi Germany at the start of World War II in 1939. It became again part of Poland following Germany's defeat in the war in 1945.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Biskup. Marian. Tomczak. Andrzej. 1955. Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.. pl. Toruń. 128.