Bruskowo Wielkie

Bruskowo Wielkie
Village
Bruskowo Wielkie
Coordinates: 54°29′39″N 16°54′34″E / 54.49417°N 16.90944°E / 54.49417; 16.90944Coordinates: 54°29′39″N 16°54′34″E / 54.49417°N 16.90944°E / 54.49417; 16.90944
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Słupsk County
Gmina Gmina Słupsk
Population 369

Bruskowo Wielkie [brusˈkɔvɔ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Słupsk, within Słupsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) west of Słupsk and 113 km (70 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

The village's church (2003)
Half-timbered German house in the village (2003).

In the 18th century the town was a manor farm which belonged to the rural district around the town of Słupsk, called Amt Stolp.[2] In 1939 the village had 88 agricultural holdings.

After the end of World War II the Germans were expelled and the region became part of Poland. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 341.

On the area of the community, there is at 54°30'5"N 16°53'28"E the static inverter plant of SwePol HVDC to which also belongs a 380 kV/110 kV-substation.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Ludwig Wilhelm Brüggemann: Ausführliche Beschreibung des gegenwärtigen Zustandes des Königlich-Preußischen Herzogtums Vor- und Hinterpommern. Part II, Vol. 2, Stettin 1784, p. 935, no. 2 (German).



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