Nowe Polaszki Explained

Nowe Polaszki
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kościerzyna
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Stara Kiszewa
Coordinates:54.0319°N 18.1356°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:460

Nowe Polaszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stara Kiszewa, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north-west of Stara Kiszewa, 140NaN0 south-east of Kościerzyna, and 500NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

The settlement Warszawa is part of the village.[2]

Nowe Polaszki was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, several Polish families were expelled from the village to the transit camp in Wysin and afterwards to the General Government.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części. 2013. 200.
  3. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 112 (in Polish)
  4. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, p. 51 (in Polish)