Więckowy

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Więckowy
Village
Old house in Więckowy
Old house in Więckowy
Więckowy is located in Poland
Więckowy
Więckowy
Coordinates: 54°3′36″N 18°23′14″E / 54.06000°N 18.38722°E / 54.06000; 18.38722Coordinates: 54°3′36″N 18°23′14″E / 54.06000°N 18.38722°E / 54.06000; 18.38722
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaSkarszewy
Population
592
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGST
Voivodeship roadsDW224-PL.svg

Więckowy [vjɛnt͡sˈkɔvɨ] (German: Wenzkau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarszewy, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Skarszewy, 15 km (9 mi) north-west of Starogard Gdański, and 38 km (24 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 592.

History[]

Human settlement dates back to prehistoric times and there is a cemetery from the Iron Age near the village, now an archaeological site.[2]

Więckowy was a private church village within the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, owned by the monastery in Pelplin.[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered over 100 Poles in the forest between Skarszewy and Więckowy in October and November 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4]

Education[]

There is a public primary school in Więckowy.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Wieś Więckowy (pomorskie) w liczbach". Polska w liczbach (in Polish). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 121.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 153, 183.



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