Stare Pole | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Old belfry in the village | |
  Stare Pole | |
| Coordinates: 54°3′16″N 19°11′59″E / 54.05444°N 19.19972°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Malbork |
| Gmina | Stare Pole |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,834 |
| Website | starepole.pl |
Stare Pole ([ˈstarɛ ˈpɔlɛ]; German: Altfelde)[1] is a village in Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Pole.[2]
It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Malbork and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
The German palaeontologist Alfred Eisenack, discoverer of chitinozoans, was born here in 1891.