Zbeniny Explained

Zbeniny
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Chojnice
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Chojnice
Coordinates:53.7497°N 17.6211°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Population Total:209 (2008)

Zbeniny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) north-east of Chojnice and 960NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

In the middle of the village there is a neoclassicist palace, built in 1857 and expanded in 1926 for the Chrzanowski family. It is a single-story building with two wings, and a two-story central part with a portico, covered with a high mansard roof.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.