Połęczyno

Połęczyno
Village
Saint Andrew Bobola church in Połęczyno
Saint Andrew Bobola church in Połęczyno
Połęczyno is located in Poland
Połęczyno
Połęczyno
Coordinates: 54°11′57″N 18°12′27″E / 54.19917°N 18.20750°E / 54.19917; 18.20750
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKartuzy
GminaSomonino
Population
335
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGKA
Voivodeship roads

Połęczyno [pɔwɛnˈt͡ʂɨnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Somonino, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south of Somonino, 15 km (9 mi) south of Kartuzy, and 34 km (21 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Połęczyno was a private church village of the monastery in Kartuzy, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Połęczyno was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] Poles from Połęczyno were also victims of massacres of Poles committed by the Germans in 1939 in nearby Kaliska and Egiertowo.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 44.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 154, 275.


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