Tychowo
Tychowo | |
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Town | |
Aerial view of Tychowo | |
| Coordinates: 53°55′49″N 16°15′39″E / 53.93028°N 16.26083°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | West Pomeranian |
| County | Białogard |
| Gmina | Tychowo |
| First mentioned | 1250 |
| Town rights | 2010 |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | http://www.tychowo.pl |
Tychowo [tɨˈxɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Tëchòwò; German: Groß Tychow) is a town in Białogard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tychowo. The town has an approximate population of 2,500.
Tychowo is a place with early medieval origins. It is known as the location of Trygław, the largest glacial erratic in Poland and one of the largest in Europe, and the location of a German-operated prisoner-of-war camp for Allied airmen of various nationalities during World War II.