Kielno, Pomeranian Voivodeship


Kielno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szemud, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Szemud, south of Wejherowo, and north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
Kielno was initially probably named Kolno. Kielno was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The local parish priest Zygmunt Niwicki was the royal secretary of 17th-century Polish kings.
The village has a population of 1,025.
Here was born a Kashubian poet Alojzy Nagel.