Zblewo

Zblewo
Village
Saint Michael Archangel church in Zblewo
Saint Michael Archangel church in Zblewo
Zblewo is located in Poland
Zblewo
Zblewo
Coordinates: 53°56′5″N 18°19′46″E / 53.93472°N 18.32944°E / 53.93472; 18.32944
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaZblewo
Highest elevation
132 m (433 ft)
Lowest elevation
102 m (335 ft)
Population
3,615
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGST
Websitewww.zblewo.pl

Zblewo [ˈzblɛvɔ] is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Zblewo.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Starogard Gdański and 52 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Transport

The village is served by a railway station on the Tczew–Kostrzyn route, line 203.

Zblewo is located on the national road DK22 in between Chojnice and Starogard Gdański on the route running from Gorzów Wielkopolski to the Russian Border in Masuria.

Amenities

There is a shopping centre in Zblewo as well as shops located in the village centre. There is a sports center in the village that includes a football pitch and basketball court.

Sports

The village is represented by the football team Sokół Zblewo who currently play in the Klasa A division.[2] The village's municipal stadium is also the home ground of KS Sławek Borzechowo[3] from the neighbouring village of Borzechowo.

History

World War II memorial

The oldest mention of the village dates back to 1305.[4] Zblewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[5]

The development of Zblewo in the latter half of the 19th century is primarily associated with the construction of the Prussian Eastern Railway.[4]

During the Nazi occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Nazis murdered several Poles from Zblewo, including a local priest, along with Poles from other villages in large massacres in the Szpęgawski Forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[6]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ "Klasa A 2022/2023, grupa: Gdańsk III". www.90minut.pl.
  3. ^ "Boisko sportowe Zblewo". Kociewie24.eu.
  4. ^ a b "Słów kilka o historii" [A few words about history] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-23.
  5. ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 113 (in Polish)
  6. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 149–150 (in Polish)