Będomin

54°7′40″N 18°7′22″E / 54.12778°N 18.12278°E / 54.12778; 18.12278Country PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountyKościerzynaGminaNowa KarczmaPopulation212

Będomin [bɛnˈdɔmin] is a Kashubian village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Nowa Karczma, 10 km (6 mi) east of Kościerzyna, and 43 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

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

There is here an old oak (Wybicki Oak).^[2]

Notable people

• Józef Wybicki (1747–1822) a Polish jurist, poet, political and military activist, best remembered as the author of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" which was adopted as the Polish national anthem in 1927

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