Kiełpin, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Kiełpin [ˈkʲɛu̯pin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) west of Lipka, 16 km (10 mi) north of Złotów, and 122 km (76 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.
History
The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Kiełpin was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Nakło County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province. It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and from 1871 to 1945 it was part of Germany.
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1b.