Wiele, Pomeranian Voivodeship
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Wiele | |
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Village | |
 View of Wielewskie Lake with the Saint Nicholas Church in the background from the Wiele Calvary | |
  Wiele | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′24″N 17°51′43″E / 53.92333°N 17.86194°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Kościerzyna |
| Gmina | Karsin |
| Population | 1,175 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GKS |
Wiele [ˈvʲɛlɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Karsin, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It is located in the Zabor Land, a southern part of the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
The village was already established as early as 1300. The area is hampered by poor, sandy soil, which is why the primary crops are rye, hay and potatoes. Wiele was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. In 1800 there was a church, saw-mill, bakery and flour mill which defined the Village. In 1835-36 farmers were liberated from serfdom under Prussian Law and a few farms were established. From 1871 the village was part of Germany and then it was restored to Poland, after it regained independence following World War I in 1918. The area is the home of Farmers and Artisans.
