Błotnik

For a Slavic swamp spirit, see Bolotnik.

Błotnik
Village
Błotnik
Coordinates: 54°16′33″N 18°52′30″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Gdańsk
Gmina	Cedry Wielkie
Population	344

Błotnik [ˈbwɔtnik] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Cedry Wielkie, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Cedry Wielkie, 16 km (10 mi) east of Pruszcz Gdański, and 19 km (12 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.

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

History

Blotnik was formerly known as Schmerblock and was part of Kreis Danzig-Niederung during the existence of the Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) in the period from 1919 to 1939 and part of Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1945.