Studzienice, Bytów County

Studzienice [stud͡ʑɛˈnit͡sɛ] (Kashubian: Stëdzińce,^[1] German: Stüdnitz) is a village in Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Studzienice. The village has a population of 816. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Bytów and 76 km (47 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Studzienice
Village
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Coordinates: 54°6′N 17°34′E / 54.100°N 17.567°E / 54.100; 17.567
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Bytów
Gmina	Studzienice
Population	816
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	http://www.studzienice.pl/

Studzienice was a private village, owned by various local Kashubian nobles.^[2] It remained under the suzerainty of Poland, held by the Duchy of Pomerania, until 1637, afterwards it was directly under Polish rule as part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, and after 1657 it was a Polish fief again, held by Brandenburg-Prussia, and annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia after the First Partition of Poland in 1772. From 1871 it was also part of Germany. 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.^[3] After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in 1945, the village became again part of Poland.

References

1. "Mapa Kaszub (Jednota)".
2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 131 (in Polish)
3. "Les Kommandos". Stalag IIB Hammerstein, Czarne en Pologne (in French). Retrieved 8 May 2020.

• "Mapa Kaszub (Jednota)" (in Polish).
• Map of Gmina Studzienice

Coordinates: 54°6′N 17°34′E / 54.100°N 17.567°E / 54.100; 17.567