Wicko | |
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Village | |
 Boundary stone of the Teutonic Order | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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  Wicko | |
| Coordinates: 54°40′14″N 17°37′0″E / 54.67056°N 17.61667°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Lębork |
| Gmina | Wicko |
| Population | |
| • Total | 690 |
Wicko [ˈvit͡skɔ] (German: Vietzig)[1] is a village in Lębork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wicko.[2] It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-west of Lębork and 74 km (46 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1945 the area of Farther Pomerania, where the village is located, was part of Germany. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
References
- ↑ Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße by M. Kaemmerer
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
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