Żukowo Morskie

Żukowo Morskie ( German lake Suckow ) is a village in the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship and is part of the rural community Darłowo (Rügenwalde ) in a circle Sławno ( Schlawe ).

Geographical location

The small village is located 1.5 kilometers from the Baltic Sea coast in the province road 203 ( Koszalin ( Koszalin ) - Darłowo (Rügenwalde ) - Ustka ( Stolpmünde ) ), four kilometers west of Darłowo in the Valley of Grabowa ( Grabow ). The nearest train station is Darłowo.

Neighbors are: in the west Bobolin ( Böbbelin ), in the north of the Baltic Sea, to the east and south Darłowo Porzecze ( Preetz ).

Place name

The name Suckow is found widespread in northern Germany. In distinction to Suckow (Polish: Żukowo, formerly Suckow, also Adlig Suckow ) southeast of the county town Sławno ( Schlawe ) called this place - because of its location near the sea - "See Suckow " ( = Żukowo Morskie ). The place name " Żukowo " occurs in Poland frequently.

History

According to a document whose authenticity is doubtful, however, Swantopolk II has bestowed the village of Suckow of Pomerania in 1205 the Bishop of Pomerania. 1321 buy Swenzonen and Peter Jasko of Neuchâtel the village to make it more of the city to transfer them Rügenwalde in the same year. Since then, Suckow was Rügenwalder city village.

1497 and 1655 devastated strong storm surges the field marks. 1614, the place had 6 farmers and Kossäten 2, 1784 there were six farmers, 4 and 1 Kossäten schoolmaster.

In 1818, there were 67 residents. Their number increased to 1895 to 94 in 1939 and was still 86

By 1945, Lake Suckow was a town within the administrative district Büssow (now Polish: Boryszewo ) i in the district Schlawe Pom. in the district of the Prussian province of Pomerania Pomerania. Civil ceremony the place after Rügenwalde ( Darłowo ) was oriented, where the local court was located.

On March 6, 1945 Lake Suckow was occupied by Russian troops. Toward Gdynia ( Gdynia ) escaped local residents came only to Köpnitz ( Kopnica ) and returned to their home village completely plundered. In December 1945, almost all Germans left the place, came as Żukowo Morskie under Polish administration and is now a part of Gmina Darłowo in powiat Slawienski the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Today here are registered 138 inhabitants.

Church

See Suckow was like the neighboring Rußhagen (Polish: Rusko ) to 1945 to the parish of St. Mary's Church in Rügenwalde. Almost all the inhabitants were Protestant. The parish was in the church circle Rügenwalde the ecclesiastical province of the Church of the Old Prussian Pomerania Union. Last German clergyman was superintendent Franz Molzahn.

Since 1945, most of the inhabitants of Żukowo Morskie are Catholic. The place is in church, however, is still directed by Darłowo and today belongs to the deanery in the Diocese of Koszalin - Kolobrzeg Darłowo of the Catholic Church in Poland. Evangelical Church members are assigned in Poland today the parish Koszalin ( Koszalin ) in the Diocese of Pomerania - Greater Poland the Evangelical-Augsburg Church.

School

In the einklassigen elementary school taught until 1945 a teacher. By 1924, she was paid by the state, then placed the township - due to the small number of students - a tutor a. Between 1940 and 1945, the lessons at the place has been set. The children attended school in Rügenwalde.