Kalisz, Pomeranian Voivodeship

For the city in central Poland, see Kalisz. For other places with the same name, see Kalisz (disambiguation).

Kalisz
Village
Saint Roch church in Kalisz
Kalisz
Coordinates: 54°2′40″N 17°47′47″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Kościerzyna
Gmina	Dziemiany
Population	900
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GKS
Voivodeship roads

Kalisz [ˈkaliʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dziemiany, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Dziemiany, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Kościerzyna, and 66 km (41 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located by the Wdzydze Landscape Park in the Tuchola Forest within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Kalisz was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[2] When it was part of the Kingdom of Poland, Kalisz was granted was various privileges in 1681, 1695, 1750, 1755, 1763 and 1765.^[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans expelled the entire population of the village, which was deported to forced labour.^[4]

Transport

The Kalisz Kaszubski [pl] railway station is located in the village, and the Voivodeship road 235 runs through it.

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. pp. 110–111.
3. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom III (in Polish). Warsaw. 1882. p. 699.
4. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 129. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.