| Swołowo | |
 Former school in Swołów, 19th century | |
| Information | |
| Country | Poland |
| Region | Pomeranian Voivodeship |
| Population | 230 |
| Area code | ( 48) 59 |
| Postal Code | 76-200 |
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Swołowo - village in Poland located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Słupsk poviat, in the Słupsk commune.
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Geographical location: 54 ° 28′37 ″ N 16 ° 50′25 ″ E
In the years 1975-1998, the village administratively belonged to the then Słupsk Province. The showcase of the region are the impressive half-timbered houses - "checked" and the region is called "the land of the checkered".
The village is located about 15 km north-west of Słupsk, by the road Słupsk – Darłowowith preserved elements of medieval forms of buildings, incl. a habitat cornfield on an oval plan, spatial development, roads and buildings. This is a model example of Pomeranian oval shapes, which were planned in the early Middle Ages. The main axis of the oval plan is parallel to the direction of the stream flowing through the village. On this watercourse, called Zielona Struga, water was dammed up and a small pond was created, which for centuries served economic and recreational functions. The oval square, together with the church and the pond, is flat, and the surrounding area is formed by the gentle slopes of the valley. This was used when composing farm buildings and the concept of field layouts. Residential houses occupy the highest situated areas, the homesteads are behind the residential houses in the background.
It is one of the historically most interesting villages in On the sea, recognized as the European Village of Cultural Heritage and the capital of "Checkered lands". There are preserved objects here frame construction (half-timbered) from the beginning of the 19th century, typical of wealthy Pomeranian peasant farms. Most of the houses, but also stables, cowsheds and barns are built using the half-timbered method.
The village was first mentioned in 1230 on the occasion of its granting Order of the Knights Hospitaller, confirmed in 1240 by Świętopełka II, in 1474 the village became the property of the Duke of Słupsk Erica II. From the 17th century under the administration of Słupsk as a royal village. The expropriation of the peasants was carried out here around 1820.
Most of the half-timbered structures over 150 years old have survived here. There are plaques with information about their history on the buildings.
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- A branch church parish of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brusków Wielki from the beginning of the 15th century with preserved Gothic elements, built by the Knights Hospitaller, of brick, set on a stone foundation. On the west side there is a tower with a four-sided cupola topped with a sphere and a flag with the date 1618.
- In the church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the 14th-century galleries and a wooden organ prospect have been preserved.
- Historic homestead no. 8 - Branch Museum of Central Pomerania in Słupsk (Museum of Pomeranian Folk Culture in Swołowo), initially owned by the Albrecht family with half-timbered structures dating back to 1838. It is an example of skeletal construction typical of rich peasant families in this region of Pomerania. Reconstructed in recent years, it includes a residential house and a reconstructed barn, stable, cowshed and pigsty. In 2017, 22,783 visitors were recorded here
- Historic buildings under the care of the Branch of the Museum of Middle Pomerania in Słupsk - a farm building with a bread oven, a barn for a rich Pomeranian peasant, a farmer's cottage, a bread house, a farmer's barn, a blacksmith's shop, farm buildings - a carpentry shop and an ice shop (13 objects in total).
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