What should you see in Puck?

There are plenty interesting things to see in Puck, including numerous monuments, such as the 13th century gothic church of St Peter and Paul. There is also an 18th century former wooden hospital, which was changed to the Puck Land Museum, as well as monumental stonehouses. Unfortunately, not much of the Teutonic Castle has preserved until today. However, most of the people come here to relax at the beach.

Puck is one of the County cities located in Kaszuby, in the pomorskie region. But rather than by the open sea, it is located by the Puck Bay. There are approximately 11000 permanent citizens living on a surface of nearly 5 square kilometers.

A bit of history
The origins of settelment in this place probably reach back to the 3rd or 4th century A.D. So it is a very long time before the existence of the Polish country on the maps. There was a harbor here in the 9th century, and since the 13th century there was a Castellan settlement of the Pomeranian Princes. In the early 14th century these lands were of by the Teutonic order. That was also the time when Puck gained city rights in 1348 during the reigns of the Great Teutonic Master Dusemer.

During the 13-year war (1454-1466) Puck was interchangably owned by Polish and Swedish people, as well as the Teutonic Order. In 1466, Puck was included to the Royal Prussian Country, which was owned by the Crown of the Polish Kingdom. Since the times of the Swedish Deluge, the town slowly began to fall down. In the 19th century, Puck began to grow in terms of economics once again. That’s when industry, trade and tourism began to develop. The buildings of the town included the dairy, the sawmill, the brewery and the windmill.

In 1920, the nearest surroundings returned to the Polish country. That’s when Poland was married to the Baltic Sea in the presence of general Józef Haller.

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