Kowalki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Byszyno - Głodowa
Kowalki ( German Kowalk ) is a village in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship and is part of the municipality Tychowo ( Tychowo ) in a circle Białogard ( Belgard ).
Geographical location
Kowalki situated on a high plateau. Until the county seat Białogard there are on the provincial roads 169 and 163 ( Bobolice ( Bublitz ) - Byszyno ( Boissin ) - Białogard ) 30 km. Tychowo be reached in eight miles. Pila ( Pila ) - - There is also the nearest railway station on the route Kolobrzeg ( Kolberg) - Białogard - Szczecinek ( Pommern ) Poznań ( Posen).
History
Kowalki, which was still called in 1926 Kuewalk can point to evidence of old settlement. Graves and urns findings can be assigned to the 4th century.
Kowalk is an ancient fief of the von Kleist and in 1546 first mentioned. Middle of the 18th century was the site of a Vorwerk with fishing, four farmers and two Kossätenhöfen with ten hearths (households). At the boundaries of the living space Hansfelde belonged (now Polish Kościanka ).
In 1804 the family von Kleist had to give up the manor Kowalk. It was acquired by the farmers of the village. 1865 was Kowalk of 40 houses, a school house, two factory and 51 outbuildings and had 477 inhabitants.
By war's end in 1945 managed 19 farms faces between 20 to 50 hectares. There were also nine smaller companies and many small owners.
Several craft had settled in Kowalk: a carpentry shop, a wheelwright's shop, two blacksmiths, four tailors, two shoemakers land, a bakery and grocery merchant, a grocery store, a windmill operation and Lohndrescherei.
In 1931 the total area of the municipality was 3311 hectares. The number of inhabitants increased to 1939 to 535 in 135 households. Last German mayor was William Conradt.
Kowalk was until 1945 in the district of Belgard ( Persante ) and formed with Schmenzin the official and the civil registry district Schmenzin. Last incumbent was in personal union William Conradt. District court area was Belgard.
On March 4, 1945 at 2:00 clock at night, the whole village came to pass in front of the approaching Eastern Front on the flight, which was initiated by the ringing of bells. The numerous carriages, carts and wheelbarrows soon clogged the streets and were overtaken by the Soviet troops. A large part of the population was deported, many residents died in captivity. The expulsion by the Polish administration was also the last Germans left the village in the fall of 1945.
Kowalk came as a result of the war in Polish hands and is now under the name Kowalki a place within the Gmina Tychowo in powiat Białogardzki.
Church
Parish
Kowalk was until 1945 an independent parish, with the parish noseband (now Polish: Nosibądy ) in the district of Pommern ( Szczecinek ) formed the parish noseband. To the parish was Drenow ( Drzonowo Białogardzkie ).
The parish belonged to the Church of the Church Province of Pomerania Belgard county in the Protestant Church of the Old Prussian Union. A church patronage for Kowalk did not exist. The community numbered 1940 alone 500 church members. Last German minister was Pastor Karl Heinrich Reimer.
Today Kowalki is part of the parish Koszalin ( Koszalin ) in the Diocese of Pomerania - Greater Poland the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland.
Village Church
The Kowalker church is a simple timber-framed building with tower tower and a transept truss.
School
At the already mentioned 1865 last village school taught the teacher Karl Roeske (also organist ), Lisbeth Gramatke and Erich Zühlke.