Stare Pole ([ˈstarɛ ˈpɔlɛ]; German: Altfelde)[1] is a village in Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Stare Pole.[2]
Stare Pole | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°3′16″N 19°11′59″E / 54.05444°N 19.19972°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Malbork |
Gmina | Stare Pole |
Population | |
• Total | 1,834 |
Website | starepole.pl |
It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Malbork and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
The German palaeontologist Alfred Eisenack, discoverer of chitinozoans, was born here in 1891.
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