Kawno, SÅ‚awno County

Kawno ( German Kaunow ) is a village in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It belongs to the rural community Malechowo ( Malchow ) in a circle Sławno ( Schlawe ).

Geographical Location

The village Kawno lies at the intersection of State Road 6 ( European Route 28) Szczecin-Gdańsk ( former National Highway 2) to the link road Sieciemin ( Zitzmin ) Dąbrowa ( Damerow ). Until after Malechowo, the administrative center of the municipality, is ten kilometers and the county seat Sławno ( Schlawe ) is 22 kilometers away. The nearest train station is Wiekowo (Alt Wiek ) on the railway line Stargard - Gdańsk.

To place a part of the south of the main road lying Góra Górka (cucumbers mountain ), which measures at least 83 meters and below which two streams arise which in the Grabowa ( Grabow ) or in the Polnica ( Pollnitz ) open.

History

Kaunow is a young settlement, which was created in the 19th century. On the grounds of an estate of 250 hectares - - Since the place is with the three kilometers away community Panknin ( Pękanino ) and belonged until 1945 to the district office in the district Schlawe i Pom. in the administrative region of Pomerania. Also civilly Kaunow was oriented to Panknin out.

After 1945 the town was part of the gmina Malechowo in powiat Slawienski the West Pomeranian Voivodeship ( to 1998 Koszalin Voivodeship ).

Church

Kaunow was until 1945 in the Protestant parish Damerow (now Polish: Dąbrowa ) and belonged to the parish church circle Rügenwalde the Church Province of Pomerania in the Church of the Old Prussian Union.

Today, the site is predominantly Catholic. The parish office in Koszalin ( Koszalin ) in the Diocese of Pomerania - Greater Poland the Evangelical-Augsburg (ie Lutheran ) Church in Poland now is responsible for living here evangelical church members.

School

The children of Kaunow visited the school in 1945 Panknin.