Kukowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Kukowo (disambiguation).
Kukowo
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Gate to folwark's remains
Kukowo
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Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Słupsk County
Gmina Gmina Słupsk
Population 212

Kukowo [kuˈkɔvɔ] (German Kuckow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słupsk, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-east of Słupsk and 97 km (60 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village is located, was part of Germany. Kuckow was an estate (German: Vorwerk) belonging to the village of Roggatz.[2][3] On March 8th, 1945, the region was occupied by the Red Army, and after the end of World War II it was put under Polish administration. All inhabitants were expelled by the Poles. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 212.

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 
  2. ^ Karl-Heinz Pagel: Der Landkreis Stolp in Pommern. Lübeck 1989, pp. 820-822 (Download Description of villages Roggatz and Kuckow, in Germen)
  3. ^ For an older brief account of the history of Kuckow, see, e.g., Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königlich-Preußischen Herzogtums Vor- und Hinterpommern. Part II, Vol. 2, Stettin 1784, pp. 975-976, no. 72 (in German)
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