Wdzydze Kiszewskie



Wdzydze Kiszewskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kościerzyna, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 13 km south of Kościerzyna and 61 km south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

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

Kashubian Ethnographic Park
Wdzydze Kiszewskie is famous for its open-air museum, which is the oldest one in Poland. Kaszubski Park Etnograficzny is based on an old village of Kashubian fishermen. It was founded in 1906 by Theodora und Isidor Gulgowski. Nowadays, already over centennial Museum stretches upon 22 ha of area located at the bank of the Gołuń lake built up with objects of regional architecture. Cottages, manors, a school, smithy, windmills, churches, farm buildings and craftsmen's workshops – 49 objects. The museum shows the traditional culture of the Kashubians in several wooden houses.