Gościno

Gościno
Town

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Gościno
Coordinates: 54°3′13″N 15°39′2″E / 54.05361°N 15.65056°E / 54.05361; 15.65056
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship West Pomeranian
County Kołobrzeg
Gmina Gościno
Population 2,332

Gościno [ɡɔɕˈt͡ɕinɔ] (German: Groß Jestin) is a small town in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gościno.[1] It lies in Farther Pomerania, approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) and 100 km (62 mi) north-east of the regional capital Szczecin (Stettin).

The town has a population of 2,332.

History

The earliest documentation of the village of Goscino appears in the year 1238 as a property of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. A main tourist site in Goscino, the Church of St. Andrzej Bobola, houses a cup-shaped baptismal font hewn from one Gotland limestone boulder, from the 12th and 13th centuries. It is one of the few sacred relics of this kind in Western Pomerania.[2]

Prior to 1945 the area was part of Germany. During earlier centuries the town had been a domain owned and farmed out by the town of Kołobrzeg. It had been bought by the town's magistrate in the 14th century from the abbot of Doberan Abbey. Around 1780 the domain included 16 farm houses.

Before the end of World War II it was located in Landkreis Kolberg-Körlin of the Province of Pomerania. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Since 1 January 2011 Gościno has had the status of a town.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Strona główna - Parsęta

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Coordinates: 54°3′13″N 15°39′2″E / 54.05361°N 15.65056°E / 54.05361; 15.65056

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