Kartoszyno
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Kartoszyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
==History== Kartoszyno is a former village, the area of which is one of the oldest settlements in Pomerania. On the Castle Hill, at the foot of which the village is located, the remains of a stronghold from the early Middle Ages (8th-9th centuries) were discovered. The first mentions of Kartoszyno date back to 1284. In historical documents, the village appears under the names: Kartoszyn (German: Kartoschin), Karthusin, etc. Initially, the village belonged to the Cistercian order, then to the Benedictine order. In the interwar period, the Polish-German border ran through its vicinity.
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