Przodkowo

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Przodkowo
Village
Saint Andrew Church in Przodkowo
Saint Andrew Church in Przodkowo
Przodkowo is located in Poland
Przodkowo
Przodkowo
Coordinates: 54°22′47″N 18°17′15″E / 54.37972°N 18.28750°E / 54.37972; 18.28750Coordinates: 54°22′47″N 18°17′15″E / 54.37972°N 18.28750°E / 54.37972; 18.28750
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKartuzy
GminaPrzodkowo
Population
 • Total1,286
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Przodkowo [pʂɔtˈkɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Przedkòwò, German: Seefeld) is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Przodkowo.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Kartuzy and 23 km (14 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

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

During the German occupation (World War II), Przodkowo was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] The "death march" of about 11,000 prisoners evacuated by the Germans from the Stutthof concentration camp to Lębork passed through Przodkowo at the turn of January and February 1945.[4] Many prisoners died as a result of hunger, exhaustion and executions by the Germans.[5]

There is a Firefighting Museum (Muzeum Pożarnictwa) in Przodkowo.

The village has a population of 1,286.

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. 89 (in Polish)
  3. ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939, IPN, Warsaw, 2018, p. 39, 44
  4. ^ Mirosław Gliński, Organizacja obozu koncentracyjnego Stutthof, p. 188-190 (in Polish)
  5. ^ Gliński, p. 188
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