Gardna Wielka
Gardna Wielka | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Church of Visitation in Gardna Wielka | |
  Gardna Wielka Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 54°38′15″N 17°9′57″E / 54.63750°N 17.16583°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Słupsk |
| Gmina | Smołdzino |
| Population | |
• Total | 803 |
| Postal code | 76-213[1] |
Gardna Wielka [ˈɡardna ˈvjɛlka] (German: Groß Garde)[2] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Smołdzino, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[3] It is located in the historic region of Pomerania.[4]
Etymology
The name is of the village is of native Slavic origin, and comes from the word gard.[5] Historically, it was also known in Polish as Wielka Garna.[4]
History
The first Slavic settlements and strongholds were established in the area in the 7th and 8th century.[5] The territory became part of the emerging Polish state under its first ruler Mieszko I by c. 967.[6] In the 12th century, Gardna became a town, but lost its importance and status in the 13th century.[5] Following the fragmentation of Poland, it was at various times part of the duchies of Western Pomerania, Eastern Pomerania and Słupsk. The village was a possession of the Polish Archdiocese of Gniezno.[5] In 1584, the local Lutheran pastor Blancenius translated the postil into Polish for local residents.[5] From the 18th century, the village was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 of unified Germany. In 1765, a riot broke out because the inhabitants refused to accept the newly appointed pastor, who did not speak Kashubian.[5] Masses were held here in the Kashubian language until 1845.[5] The inhabitants long resisted Germanisation.[5]
References
- ↑ "Oficjalny Spis Pocztowych Numerów Adresowych" (PDF). Poczta Polska (in Polish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- 1 2 Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich (in Polish). Vol. II. Warszawa. 1881. p. 494.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Świetlicka, Alicja; Wisławska, Elżbieta (1998). Słownik historyczny miast i wsi województwa słupskiego: przewodnik bibliograficzny (in Polish). Słupsk. p. 66. ISBN 83-910269-2-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Labuda, Gerard (1993). "Chrystianizacja Pomorza (X–XIII stulecie)". Studia Gdańskie (in Polish). Vol. IX. Gdańsk-Oliwa. p. 47.
