Świecino

Świecino

Świecino (Kashubian: "Swiecëno", German: "Schwetzin") is a village with some 300 inhabitants in Gdańsk Pomerania in northern Poland, famous for a battle fought in 1462 between the Polish forces and the Teutonic Knights. See Battle of Świecino.

Village of Świecino belongs to the Krokowa commune in the Puck County (Puck, Poland) in the Pomeranian Voivodship

External links

* [http://www.pilot.pl/index.php3?Z_CITY_NAME=%B6wiecino Village of Świecino on a map of Poland]
* [http://www.krokowa.pl/ Krokowa Commune Home Page]


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