📜 From a princely fishing village to a Baltic resort
For centuries Dąbki was a small fishing settlement at the base of the sandbar separating Lake Bukowo from the Baltic Sea. Its inhabitants lived from fishing on the sea and the lake, and the rhythm of life was set by seasonal trips, storms and the processing of fish. The closeness of two waters — the salty sea and the freshwater lake — has always set this place apart on the map of the coast.
In the 19th century, with the development of shipping and the need to secure the dangerous stretch of coast, a lighthouse was erected here — it was put into operation in 1838. It instantly became the symbol of the village and still serves seafarers to this day. After World War II Dąbki returned within the borders of Poland and from the 1960s and 1970s onwards it changed shape: in place of fishermen's huts grew guesthouses, holiday cottages and the first resorts, and the sandy beach, forests and proximity of the Baltic attracted family after family.
