Dziemiany | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°0′23″N 17°46′6″E / 54.00639°N 17.76833°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Kościerzyna |
Gmina | Dziemiany |
Population | 1,751 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Dziemiany pronounced [d͡ʑɛˈmʲanɨ] is a village in Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Dziemiany.[1] It lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Kościerzyna and 70 km (43 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It was the location of the Nazi concentration camp Dzimianen - Sophienwalde, a subcamp of the concentration camp Stutthof. Here the SS-Truppenübungsplatz Westpreußen was located during the occupation of Poland in World War II.