Szymbark | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kartuzy |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Stężyca |
Coordinates: | 54.2189°N 18.1022°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 541 |
Szymbark (pronounced as /pl/) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) east of Stężyca, 150NaN0 south-west of Kartuzy, and 390NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
The town has an open-air museum featuring traditional Kashubian wooden houses, an upside-down house, and the longest wooden plank in the world (measuring 38.83 meters).[2]
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.