Więckowy
Więckowy | |
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Village | |
 Old house in Więckowy | |
  Więckowy  Więckowy | |
| Coordinates: 54°3′36″N 18°23′14″E / 54.06000°N 18.38722°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Skarszewy |
| Population | 592 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Więckowy [vjɛnt͡sˈkɔvɨ] (Template:Lang-de) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarszewy, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Skarszewy, 15 km (9 mi) north-west of Starogard Gdański, and 38 km (24 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 592.
Więckowy was a private church village within the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, owned by the monastery in Pelplin.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered over 100 Poles in the forest between Skarszewy and Więckowy in October and November 1939.[3]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 121 (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 153, 183 (in Polish)
54°3′36″N 18°23′14″E / 54.06000°N 18.38722°E
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