| Pączewo | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pomeranian |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Starogard |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Skórcz |
| Coordinates: | 53.8475°N 18.5322°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 685 |
Pączewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skórcz, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) north of Skórcz, 140NaN0 south of Starogard Gdański, and 580NaN0 south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
The landmark of Pączewo is the historic Church of the Annunciation.
The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1352.[2] It was destroyed during the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), and later rebuilt.[2] Pączewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3] In 1673 it was granted a royal privilege).[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several Poles from Pączewo were murdered by the Germans in the Zajączek forest nearby in 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion),[4] and several dozens of Polish families were expelled in 1940 and 1942 and deported either to the General Government or to forced labour to Germany, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[5]