Orle | |
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: | Liniewo |
Coordinates: | 54.0539°N 18.2114°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Population Total: | 488 |
Registration Plate: | GKS |
Orle is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liniewo, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3km (02miles) south-west of Liniewo, 170NaN0 south-east of Kościerzyna, and 450NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the historic region of Pomerania.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Orle was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion,[2] and Poles from Orle were also executed in the forest between Skarszewy and Więckowy.[3]