Kościerzyna k is a town in Kashubia

Kashubia

Kashubia or Cassubia - is a language area in the historic Eastern Pomerania region of northwestern Poland. Located west of Gdańsk and the mouth of the Vistula river, it is inhabited by members of the Kashubian ethnic group....

 in Gdańsk Pomerania

Gdańsk Pomerania

For the medieval duchy, see Pomeranian duchies and dukesGdańsk Pomerania or Eastern Pomerania is a geographical region in northern Poland covering eastern part of Pomeranian Voivodeship...

 region, northern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, with some 24,000 inhabitants. It has been the capital of Kościerzyna County

Koscierzyna County

Kościerzyna County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Kościerzyna, which lies ...

 in 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...

 since 1999; previously it was in Gdańsk Voivodeship

Gdansk Voivodeship

The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.----Gdańsk Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship...

 from 1975 to 1998. It is around 50 km south-west of 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...

 and Tricity

Tricity

Tricity is an urban area consisting of three Polish cities: Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. They are situated adjacent to one other, in a row, on the coast of the Gdańsk Bay, Baltic Sea, in Pomerelia , northern Poland...

.

Tourist attractions

• Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna
  Skansen Parowozownia Koscierzyna
  Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna is a Polish railway museum located in Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship...
  
   (steam locomotive
  Steam locomotive
  A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...
  
   museum) located at Towarowa 7 Street.
• Lake Galezne
• Sanctuary

Population

Records of the Population of Berent from 1641- 1944 are on film rolls (see link below)


1960: 10,900 inhabitants of Kościerzyna

1970: 15,100 inhabitants

1975: 17,100 inhabitants

1980: 18,700 inhabitants

1990: 22,700 inhabitants

1995: 23,100 inhabitants

1998: 23,500 inhabitants

2003: 23,196 inhabitants (Men: 11 272)

Notable residents

• Abraham Lissauer
  Abraham Lissauer
  Abraham Lissauer was a German physician and archaeologist who was born in Berent, West Prussia . He was the father of neurologist Heinrich Lissauer ....
  
   (1832–1908), physician
• Gustav Flatow
  Gustav Flatow
  Gustav Felix Flatow was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris....
  
   (1875–1945), athlete
• Hugo Neumann
  Hugo Neumann
  Hugo Neumann was a German jurist, politician of the Free City of Danzig and writer.-Biography:Neumann was born in Berent to Max Neumann...
  
   (1882–1962), politician and writer

External links

Municipal website Twin cities of Kościerzyna Photogalleries of Kościerzyna's twin cities

• Some German-language documents regarding population

Twin towns — sister cities

Kościerzyna is twinned

Town twinning

Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...

 with:
Cölbe

Cölbe

Cölbe is a community in Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.- Location :Cölbe's municipal area lies on the southern edge of the Burgwald, a low mountain range and part of the Hessisches Bergland , and borders directly on the university city of Marburg to the south...

, Sanary-sur-Mer

Sanary-sur-Mer

Sanary-sur-Mer is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.It is located from Toulon and from Marseille.-Overview:The seafront location was part of the commune of Ollioules...

, Pryluky

Pryluky

Pryluky or Priluki is a city located on the Udai River in the Chernihiv Oblast, north-central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Prylutsky Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate municipality within the oblast...