Suchacz

Suchacz
Village
Suchacz
Coordinates: 54°17′4″N 19°26′17″E / 54.28444°N 19.43806°E / 54.28444; 19.43806
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Elbląg County
Gmina Tolkmicko
Population (2006) 730

Suchacz [ˈsuxat͡ʂ] (German: Succase)[1] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tolkmicko, within Elbląg County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Tolkmicko, 22 km (14 mi) north of Elbląg, and 89 km (55 mi) north-west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

While traditionally Prussian, with the Second Peace of Thorn in 1466 the area became part of the Kingdom of Poland until 1772, 1772-1945 Kingdom of Prussia and Germany (East Prussia).

The village has a population of 730.

Etymology

The name Suchacz is from the German name Succase and is likely further derived from the Old Croatian word sucks, meaning "fish", but could also be the name of a Prussian settler. The settlement was also recorded with the name Sucase or Suckase. On a map issued from Amsterdam in 1640, Swedish cartographer Olao Ioannis Gotho named the settlement Fischerbud.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Former Territory of Germany" (in German). 2017-11-08.
  2. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Historia Wysoczyzny Elblaskiej, Suchacz" [History of the Elblaskie Upland, Suchacz] (in Polish). Retrieved 5 September 2017.


Coordinates: 54°17′4″N 19°26′17″E / 54.28444°N 19.43806°E / 54.28444; 19.43806

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