Będomin

Będomin
Village
Manor House of Józef Wybicki, currently the Museum of Polish Anthem
Będomin
Coordinates: 54°7′40″N 18°7′22″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Kościerzyna
Gmina	Nowa Karczma
Population	212

Będomin [bɛnˈdɔmin] is a Kashubian village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Karczma, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Nowa Karczma, 10 km (6 mi) east of Kościerzyna, and 43 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

There is here an old oak (Wybicki Oak).

Notable people

• Józef Wybicki (1747–1822) a Polish jurist, poet, political and military activist, best remembered as the author of "Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" which was adopted as the Polish national anthem in 1927