Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship
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Korzybie k is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Kępice
, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship
, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Kępice
, 21 km (13 mi) south-west of Słupsk, and 115 km (71 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany
, and Korzybie was called Zollbrück. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania
.
The village has a population of 919. Former chairman of the German Party of Democratic Socialism
, Lothar Bisky
, was born here in 1941.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Kępice
Gmina Kepice
Gmina Kępice is an urban-rural gmina in Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Kępice, which lies approximately south of Słupsk and west of the regional capital Gdańsk....
, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...
, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Kępice
Kepice
Kępice is the town in Słupsk county, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It has 3,878 inhabitants and is 6.11 km² in size....
, 21 km (13 mi) south-west of Słupsk, and 115 km (71 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
.
Before 1945 the area was part of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and Korzybie was called Zollbrück. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania
History of Pomerania
The history of Pomerania dates back more than 10,000 years. Settlement in the area started by the end of the Vistula Glacial Stage, about 13,000 years ago. Archeological traces have been found of various cultures during the Stone and Bronze Age, of Veneti and Germanic peoples during the Iron Age...
.
The village has a population of 919. Former chairman of the German Party of Democratic Socialism
Party of Democratic Socialism
Party of Democratic Socialism may refer to:* Party of Democratic Socialism * Party of Democratic Socialism * Party of Democratic Socialism...
, Lothar Bisky
Lothar Bisky
Lothar Bisky is a German politician. He was the chairman of the Party of Democratic Socialism , the successor of East Germany's Socialist Unity Party . In June 2007 he became co-chairman of the The Left party, formed by a merger of the PDS and the much smaller Labour and Social Justice – The...
, was born here in 1941.