Węsiory

Węsiory [vɛ̃ˈɕɔrɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sulęczyno, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] The village lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of Sulęczyno, 26 km (16 mi) south-west of Kartuzy, and 54 km (34 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Węsiory
Village
The church in Węsiory
The church in Węsiory
Węsiory is located in Poland
Węsiory
Węsiory
Coordinates: 54°13′52″N 17°50′36″E
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKartuzy
GminaSulęczyno
Population
745
Websitehttp://wesiory.pl/

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

Near the village is a concentration of stone circles and burial places of the Wielbark Culture.[2]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Adam Cieśliński, "Chapter 7: The society of Wielbark culture, AD 1–300", in: Przemysław Urbańczyk, ed., The Past Societies: Polish Lands From the First Evidence of Human Presence to the Early Middle Ages, Vol. 4: 500 BC–500 AD, ed. Aleksandra Rzeszotarska-Nowakiewicz, trans. Anna Kinecka, Warsaw: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2016, pp. 217–55, pp. 224, 234, 238.

Gallery - Iron Age stone circles and burial places



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