Tarnówka, Złotów County Explained

Tarnówka
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Złotów
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Tarnówka
Coordinates:53.34°N 16.8503°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:1300
Registration Plate:PZL

Tarnówka (German: Tarnowke)[1] is a village in Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarnówka.[2] It lies approximately 13km (08miles) west of Złotów and 1050NaN0 north of the regional capital Poznań.

History

The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Tarnówka was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[3] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and from 1871 to 1945 it was also part of Germany.

Notes and References

  1. Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . pl.
  3. Book: . Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany. 2017. pl. Warsaw. Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 1b.