Zblewo

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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
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaZblewo
Highest elevation
132 m (433 ft)
Lowest elevation
102 m (335 ft)
Population
3,263
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Zblewo [ˈzblɛvɔ] (German: Hochstüblau) is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called 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.

The village has a population of 3,263.

History[]

World War II memorial

Zblewo 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), in 1939, the Germans murdered several Poles from Zblewo, including a local priest, along with Poles from other villages in large massacres in the Szpęgawski Forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[3]

Notable people[]

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. 113 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 149-150 (in Polish)


Coordinates: 53°56′5″N 18°19′46″E / 53.93472°N 18.32944°E / 53.93472; 18.32944

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