Budzistowo () is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the administrative district of

Gmina Kołobrzeg __NOTOC__ Gmina Kołobrzeg is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. Its seat is the town of Kołobrzeg, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The ...

, within

Kołobrzeg County __NOTOC__ Kołobrzeg County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, on the Baltic coast. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local ...

West Pomeranian Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin. Its area equals , and in 2021, it was inhabited by 1,682,003 people. It was established on 1 Janua ...

, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg (; ; ) is a port and spa city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (in the middle of the section ...

and north-east of the regional capital

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

. From the 9th century to 1255, modern Budzistowo was the site of ''Salsa Cholbergensis'', a Slavic Pomeranian burgh with a suburbium, located within medieval Poland. This settlement was built as the new center of the local subtribe after the southward emporium at

Bardy-Świelubie Bardy-Świelubie (or ''Bartin-Zwillipp'') near modern Kołobrzeg, Poland was a Viking Age Slavic- Scandinavian settlement on the southern Baltic coast.Christian Lübke, Das östliche Europa, Siedler, 2004, p.99Ole Harck, Christian Lübke, Zwisch ...

was abandoned. St. John's church dates from this era, founded in the course of the

conversion of Pomerania Medieval Pomerania was converted from Slavic paganism to Christianity under Bolesław III Wrymouth, by bishop Otto of Bamberg in 1124 and 1128 (Duchy of Pomerania), and in 1168 by Absalon (Principality of Rügen). Earlier attempts at Christiani ...

. The settlement was turned into a village when Kolberg (Kołobrzeg) was founded upstream the

Parsęta Parsęta (; ) is a river in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship (''Zachodniopomorskie'') of north-western Poland, with a length of and a basin area of .Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

in the 18th century, and from 1871 to 1945 was part of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. For the history of the region, see

History of Pomerania The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polans (western), Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split betw ...

. The village has a population of 779 (as of 2009).

References

Villages in Kołobrzeg County {{Kołobrzeg-geo-stub