Dziemiany

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Dziemiany
Village
Church
Dziemiany
Coordinates: 54°0′23″N 17°46′6″E / 54.00639°N 17.76833°E / 54.00639; 17.76833
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Kościerzyna
Gmina Dziemiany
Population 1,762

Dziemiany [d͡ʑeˈmjanɨ] (German: Dzimianen) is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dziemiany.[1] It lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Kościerzyna and 70 km (43 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It was the location of the Nazi concentration camp Dzimianen - Sophienwalde, a subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof. Here was SS-Truppenübungsplatz Westpreußen.

The village has a population of 1,762.

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Coordinates: 54°0′23″N 17°46′6″E / 54.00639°N 17.76833°E / 54.00639; 17.76833

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