Gardna Wielka

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

54°38′15″N 17°9′57″E / 54.63750°N 17.16583°E / 54.63750; 17.16583Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountySłupskGminaSmołdzinoPopulation

803

Gardna Wielka [ˈɡardna ˈvjɛlka] (German: Groß Garde)^[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Smołdzino, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[2] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-west of Smołdzino, 21 km (13 mi) north-east of Słupsk, and 100 km (62 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village is located, was part of Germany.^[3]^[4] On 8 March 1945, the region was conquested by the Red Army, and after the end of World War II the local populace was expelled to West Germany and the town and district became part of Poland as Powiat słupski. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

References

^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Karl-Heinz Pagel: Der Landkreis Stolp in Pommern. Lübeck 1989, pp. 516-527 (Download Description of village Groß Garde, in German)
^ Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königlich-Preußischen Herzogtums Vor- und Hinterpommern. Part II, Vol. 2, Stettin 1784, p. 938, no. 1 (in German)