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Puck (Poland)

LC control no.n 78016142
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingPuck (Poland)
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Geographic subdivision usagePoland--Puck
Variant(s)Puck, Poland
Pùckò (Poland)
Pëck (Poland)
Putzc (Poland)
Pusecz (Poland)
Puczse (Poland)
Putsk (Poland)
Pucz (Poland)
See alsoPutzig (Germany)
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Other standard no.147609733
Q628962
7007772
7532859
Associated countryPoland
Associated placeWojewództwo Pomorskie (Poland) Puck (Poland : Powiat)
Gdańsk (Poland : Voivodeship)
Found inTreder, J. Toponimia byłego powiatu ... 1977 (used in hdg.) t.p. (puckiego) p. 69 (Puck)
P 78-659 (Puck)
NIS gaz. Poland, 1955 (Puck, popl, 54°42ʹN 18°25ʹE)
BGN phone call.
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 54°42ʹ00ʺN 018°25ʹ00ʺE)
GEOnet, 2 April 2015 (Puck; PPLA2, 54°43ʹ07ʺN, 018°24ʹ39ʺE; Pomorskie, Poland; variant: Putzig)
GNS, 8 April 2023 (Puck (Approved, Unique Name Identifier: -744405); variant: Putzig; country: Poland; first-order administrative division: Pomorskie; feature designation: seat of a second-order administrative division; feature class: populated places; latitude (DMS): 54:43:07 [54° 43ʹ 07ʺ N]; longitude (DMS): 18:24:39 [018° 24ʹ 39ʺ E]; latitude (DD): 54.718542 [N]; longitude (DD): 18.41085 [E]; Unique Feature Identifier: -524511)
Wikipedia, 27 March 2023: Puck, Poland (Puck; Kashubian: Pùckò, Pùck, Pëck, formerly German: Putzig); town in northern Poland; in Gdańsk Pomerania on south coast of Baltic Sea (Bay of Puck), part of Kashubia with many Kashubian speakers in the town; previously in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975-1998), has been the capital of Puck County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; variant spellings: in a 1277 document Putzc, 1277 Pusecz, 1288 Puczse and Putsk, 1289 Pucz; initially was part of Poland; annexed by the Teutonic Order in 1309, then re-incorporated into Kingdom of Poland 1454; in 1772, in First Partition of Poland, was annexed by Kingdom of Prussia; in 1773, became part of newly established province of West Prussia; as Putzig, became part of Germany in 1871; was ceded to Second Polish Republic in accordance with Treaty of Versailles [1919]; coordinates: DMS: 54°42ʹ0ʺ N, 018°24ʹ0ʺ E; decimal: 54.7 [N], 18.4 [E])
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Wikipedia (German), 17 April 2023: Puck (Polen) (Puck; German Putzig; lies in the former Westpreussen; in the context of the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the area around Putzig and Neustadt came under Friedrich II. von Preussen in Königreich Preussen; from 1887, Putzig was the capital of the Kreis of the same name; after end of First World War, based on the requirements of the Treaty of Versailles, in effect from 20th January 1920 Putzig had to be ceded to Poland; after the conquest of Poland in 1939, Putzig was part of Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen until 1945; in spring of 1945, the Red Army occupied the region, which again became part of Poland; during the following time, the German minority was expelled from Putzig)
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GeoNames, 27 March 2023 (Puck; third-order administrative division; coordinates: 54.7142 [N], 18.4051 [E])
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Wikidata, 27 March 2023 (Puck (Q628962); also known as: Pùck, Pùckò, Putzig; description: city and urban gmina of Poland; coordinate location: 54°42ʹ51.12ʺ N, 018°24ʹ18.36ʺ E)
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Geographic area codee-pl---