Nowe [ˈnɔvɛ] (German: Neuenburg in Westpreußen, 1942-1945: Neuenburg (Weichsel)) is a town in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 6,270 inhabitants (2004). Founded in the Middle Ages, Nowe is a former royal town of Poland, and features a preserved old town with several medieval Gothic churches and a castle.
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Gmina Nowe is an urban-rural gmina in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Nowe, which lies approximately 33 kilometres north-east of Świecie and 69 km north of Toruń.
The gmina covers an area of 106.36 square kilometres, and as of 2006 its total population is 10,745.
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Nowe Castle is a medieval castle in Nowe, Poland, located on the bank of the River Vistula by the Castle Square.
The castle was constructed in the second half of the fourteenth century, by the Teutonic Order for the Pomeranian castellans. The castle is located by the north-eastern part of Nowe. After 1465, the castle housed the residence of the Starosta of the House of Nowskiscy, the castle was largely destroyed by the Swedes during the Deluge. After the First Partition of Poland in 1787, Prussian authorities partially deconstructed the castle, but kept the main wing which was converted into an Evangelical Protestant Church. In the next century the castle was used as a warehouse and fire station. In the 1970s, the castle was renovated, the works finished in the year of 1992. Currently, the castle houses the Castle Centre of Culture.
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Kończyce [kɔɲˈt͡ʂɨt͡sɛ] is a colony in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. The village is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie.
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Nebrowo Wielkie [nɛˈbrɔvɔ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sadlinki, within Kwidzyn County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
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Dolne Morgi [ˈdɔlnɛ ˈmɔrɡi] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.