| Podgaje | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Złotów |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Okonek |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Coordinates: | 53.4667°N 69°W |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Population Total: | 370 |
| Registration Plate: | PZL |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National roads |
Podgaje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Okonek, within Złotów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south of Okonek, 160NaN0 north-west of Złotów, and 1190NaN0 north of the regional capital Poznań.
The territory became a part of the emerging Polish state under its first historic ruler Mieszko I in the 10th century. Following the fragmentation of Poland into smaller duchies, it formed part of the Duchy of Pomerania until 1648, when it fell to Prussia, and from 1871 to 1945 it also formed part of Germany.
The village was a scene of Massacre in Podgaje in January 1945, when Waffen-SS troops murdered 160–210 of Polish Army prisoners-of-war.[2]