Wejherowo County

Wejherowo County (Polish: Powiat wejherowski) is the most populated countryside county in the Pomeranian Voivodship, Poland.

Area: 1,280 km²
Population: 170,000
Capital: Wejherowo
Towns: Wejherowo, Reda, Rumia
Communities: Choczewo, Gniewino, Linia, Luzino, Leczyce, Szemud, Wejherowo

Wejherowo County partly belongs to the Tricity agglomeration of over 1 million people.

Many local Poles fell victim to German extermination policies during World War II. The county is the location of a mass murder site in Piasnica with some 66,000 murders counted.

History

inhabitants: 61,620 (1910) protestants: 17,294 catholics: 43,782

In 1900 41.0 % of population declared Kashub language and 11.2% declared Polish language.

In the 1907 elections for the three counties Kartuzy County, Wejherowo County and Puck County 65.5% of votes were for Polish parties; in 1912 64.5%.

External link

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