Straszewo | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kwidzyn |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Ryjewo |
Coordinates: | 53.8211°N 19.0386°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 405 |
Straszewo (German: Dietrichsdorf in Westpreußen) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ryjewo, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-east of Ryjewo, 120NaN0 north-east of Kwidzyn, and 670NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, in 1772-1945 it belonged to Prussia and Germany, and in 1945 it returned to Poland. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.