Gochy

Gochy[lower-alpha 1] is a cultural area in the south-west Kashubia, located in the Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It borders the area around Miastko to the west, Człuchów County to the south, Zabory to the east, and Bytowa Lake Region to the north. From the region originate Gochan people,[lower-alpha 2] a subgroup of Kashubian people.[1] Historically, from the area originated various families of Kashubian nobility.[2]

The map of Kashubian ethnic subgroups in the region of Kashubia, including the Gochy people.

Notes

  1. Kashubian: Gòchë
  2. Polish: Gochowie, Gochy; Kashubian: Gòchòwie

References

  1. "Podział regionalny kaszubskich grup etnicznych". zaborypark.eco.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. Piotr Skurzyński: Pomorze, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Muza S.A., 2007, p. 187, ISBN 978-83-7495-133-3


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