Bytonia

Bytonia [bɨˈtɔɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zblewo, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Zblewo, 18 km (11 mi) west of Starogard Gdański, and 55 km (34 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Bytonia
Village
A stork nest in Bytonia
A stork nest in Bytonia
Bytonia is located in Poland
Bytonia
Bytonia
Coordinates: 53°55′6″N 18°16′43″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaZblewo
Highest elevation
136 m (446 ft)
Lowest elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
966
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Bytonia was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and restored to Poland, after Poland regained independence in 1918.

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 110-111 (in Polish)


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