Monasterzysko Wielkie m is a village

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 Stary Dzierzgoń

Gmina Stary Dzierzgon

Gmina Stary Dzierzgoń is a rural gmina in Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Stary Dzierzgoń, which lies approximately east of Sztum and south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk....

, within Sztum County

Sztum County

Sztum County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sztum, which lies south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The only other town in the county is Dzierzgoń, lying east of Sztum.The...

, 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 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Stary Dzierzgoń

Stary Dzierzgon

Stary Dzierzgoń is a village in Sztum County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Stary Dzierzgoń...

, 22 km (14 mi) east of Sztum

Sztum

Sztum is a town in northern Poland, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Sztum County, with some 10,141 inhabitants .-History:...

, and 74 km (46 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk

Gdansk

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Before 1945 the area was part of Germany

Germany

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. 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...

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The village has a population of 60.