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# Gniew

A settlement in Poland.

## English name

**Gniew** — Official Polish Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Mewe** — Historical German name used in English regional history; not the present Polish civic name.
- **Gniéw** — Kashubian local name explicitly quoted in French geographical references; useful for source matching in English.

## French name

**Gniew** — Same as in English; the French locality reference uses this heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Mewe** — German historical name explicitly recorded in the French locality reference; used for the town’s earlier history.
- **Gniéw** — Kashubian name explicitly quoted in the French introduction.
- **Gméw** — Alternative Kashubian spelling indexed in French naming data.
- **Gmew** — Diacritic-free typing/indexing variant of Gméw for French retrieval; independent prose frequency unverified.

## About

Gniew is a town on the left bank of the Vistula in northern Poland. Its large brick Gothic castle is a prominent monument from the period of the Teutonic Order.

## Notes

Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gniew ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gniew.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q305067](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q305067) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/poland/gniew/?format=json)


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