Rybokarty Explained

Rybokarty
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:West Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gryfice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Gryfice
Coordinates:53.9131°N 15.0811°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Population Total:158
Registration Plate:ZGY

Rybokarty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gryfice, within Gryfice County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) west of Gryfice and 650NaN0 north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.[2]

The village has a population of 158.

The mansion, built in the 16th century, is used nowadays as a guest house called "Pałac Ptaszynka" (means "Palace Little Bird" in Polish).[3]

History

The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I around 967.[4] Following the fragmentation of Poland, it was part of the Duchy of Pomerania. From the 18th century, it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia and from 1871 to 1945 also Germany.

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  2. Gmina Gryfice (2014), Rybokarty. Source: Gryfice. Dzieje Miasta, praca zbiorowa pod redakcją Tadeusza Białeckiego, wyd. Urząd Miasta Gryfice, Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Oficyna Wydawnicza Archiwum Państwowego w Szczecinie „Dokument”; Szczecin 2013.
  3. http://palac.ptaszynka.prv.pl/ Ptaszynka Palace homepage at Palac.Ptaszynka.prv.pl.
  4. Labuda. Gerard. 1993. Chrystianizacja Pomorza (X–XIII stulecie). Studia Gdańskie. pl. Gdańsk-Oliwa. IX. 47.