Lubichowo

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Lubichowo
Village
Center of the village
Center of the village
Lubichowo is located in Poland
Lubichowo
Lubichowo
Coordinates: 53°52′4″N 18°23′56″E / 53.86778°N 18.39889°E / 53.86778; 18.39889Coordinates: 53°52′4″N 18°23′56″E / 53.86778°N 18.39889°E / 53.86778; 18.39889
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaLubichowo
Population
 • Total2,052
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Lubichowo [lubiˈxɔvɔ] (German: Liebichau) is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Lubichowo.[1] It lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański and 58 km (36 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within historic region of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 2,052.

An old church of Saint James is located in Lubichowo.

Lubichowo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), on October 20, 1939, the Germans murdered local Polish teachers in the Szpęgawski Forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[3] Also several Polish families were expelled from the village in 1942.[4]

 [pl] (1918–1940), Catholic professed cleric, murdered by the Germans in the Gusen concentration camp, considered one of the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II, was born in the village.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 110, 112 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 148-149 (in Polish)
  4. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warszawa, 2017, p. 120 (in Polish)
  5. ^ "Martyrs killed in odium fidei by the Nazis during the Second World War (III)". newsaints.faithweb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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