In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the village was taken over by Prussia.
In 1810 Prussians prohibited the admission of new nuns to the monastery.
In 1833 nuns expelled by the Prussians from Toruń settled in the abbey, however in 1834 the abbey was liquidated.
In 1833 nuns expelled by the Prussians from Toruń settled in the abbey, however in 1834 the abbey was liquidated.
During a rally in Żarnowiec in 1911, Prussians arrested a prominent Polish independence activist in Gdańsk Pomerania and local Kashubian activist Antoni Abraham, who was afterwards sentenced to six weeks in prison in Gdańsk for resisting arrest.
The village was restored to Poland in 1919, after the country regained independence after World War I.
The monastery was refounded in 1946 by a female order of Benedictines, resettled from Vilnius from former eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union in World War II. ==References== == External links == Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant Kashubia Villages in Puck County
In 2005 the village had a population of 861. Żarnowiec was the location for the first Polish nuclear power plant (Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant), but construction was stopped in 1990 due to protests of the local population and lack of funds.
In 2005 the village had a population of 861. Żarnowiec was the location for the first Polish nuclear power plant (Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant), but construction was stopped in 1990 due to protests of the local population and lack of funds.
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