Szymankowo
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  Szymankowo | |
| Coordinates: 54°4′23″N 18°55′23″E / 54.07306°N 18.92306°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Malbork |
| Gmina | Lichnowy |
| Population | 768 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Szymankowo (Polish: [ʂɨmanˈkɔvɔ]; German: Simonsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lichnowy, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Lichnowy, 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Malbork, and 38 km (24 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, from 1772 to 1871 to the Prussia, from 1871 to 1919 to Germany, from 1920 to 1939 to Free City of Danzig, from 1939 to 1945 to Nazi Germany, and in 1945, it was returned to Poland.
In the first day of the German invasion of Poland and World War II, on September 1, 1939, the Germans murdered 14 Poles, railmen and their families, including one pregnant woman, at the local train station.[2]
The village has a population of 768.
References[]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 84, 183 (in Polish)
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Coordinates: 54°4′23″N 18°55′23″E / 54.07306°N 18.92306°E
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