Choczewo

Choczewo ([xɔˈt͡ʂɛvɔ]; Kashubian: Chòczewò; formerly German: Chottschow, (1938–45): Gotendorf) is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Choczewo.[1] It lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Wejherowo and 64 km (40 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

Choczewo
Village
Choczewo is located in Poland
Choczewo
Choczewo
Coordinates: 54°44′27″N 17°53′31″E
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyWejherowo
GminaChoczewo
Population
1,310

Choczewo lies on the disused Wejherowo to Garczegorze railway line (PKP rail line 230), and had a station on it on the north side of the village.

It is home to the Choczewo Municipal Education Team, which is housed in the 18th-century manor house of the von Dzieciskich family in the southern part of the village.

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

The village has a population of 1,310.

In 2011, Choczewo was selected, along with two other sites (Gąski and Żarnowiec), to host the first Polish nuclear power plant, scheduled to be built 9 years later. In 2014, a government study postponed the opening of this first Polish plant to 2024. Then, in early 2015, the Minister of Finance postponed commissioning to 2027.[2]

On December 22, 2021, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe announced the preferred location for Poland's first commercial nuclear power plant at a site called Lubiatowo-Kopalino near the village to the northwest.[3]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. 2021/04/22/35-years-after-chernobyl-the-Polish-puzzle Poland: 35 years after Chernobyl, the nuclear puzzle – April 22, 2021 by Beata Cymerman, HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG
  3. https://ppej.pl/en/news/preferred-site-of-the-first-polish-nuclear-power-plant-indicated-by-investor "Preferred site of the first Polish nuclear power plant indicated by investor"; December 22, 2021

Images of Choczewo
  • Route 213, the main street of Choczewo, facing north
    Route 213, the main street of Choczewo, facing north
  • Route 213, the main street of Choczewo, facing south
    Route 213, the main street of Choczewo, facing south
  • War memorial beside the 213 road in the centre of Choczewo. The inscription reads: "To those who fell in the battles for the liberation of the Choczewo region"
    War memorial beside the 213 road in the centre of Choczewo. The inscription reads: "To those who fell in the battles for the liberation of the Choczewo region"
  • Church
    Church
  • 18th-century manor house of the von Dzieciskich family, now home to the Choczewo Municipal Education Team
    18th-century manor house of the von Dzieciskich family, now home to the Choczewo Municipal Education Team
  • 18th-century manor house of the von Dzieciskich family, now home to the Choczewo Municipal Education Team
    18th-century manor house of the von Dzieciskich family, now home to the Choczewo Municipal Education Team


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