Koczała

Coordinates: 53°54′8″N 17°3′59″E / 53.90222°N 17.06639°E / 53.90222; 17.06639
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Koczała
Village
Gmina Office in Koczała
Gmina Office in Koczała
Koczała is located in Poland
Koczała
Koczała
Coordinates: 53°54′8″N 17°3′59″E / 53.90222°N 17.06639°E / 53.90222; 17.06639
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyCzłuchów
GminaKoczała
Population
2,111
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Koczała [kɔˈt͡ʂawa] (German: Flötenstein)[1] is a village in Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Koczała.[2] It lies approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west of Człuchów and 115 km (71 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Koczała was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3] During World War II the Germans operated a labor camp for prisoners of war from the Stalag II-B prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 81 (in Polish)
  4. ^ "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 25 April 2020.