Sulęczyno Explained

Sulęczyno
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Pomeranian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kartuzy
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Sulęczyno
Coordinates:54.2333°N 63°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:1500
Registration Plate:GKA
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Sulęczyno is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sulęczyno.[1] It lies approximately 31km (19miles) west of Kartuzy and 590NaN0 west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

It is located on the shores of the Węgorzyno, Guścierz Duży and Guścierz Mały lakes, within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Sulęczyno was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Mirachowo County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), local priest Tadeusz Zapałowski was murdered during a massacre of Polish priests from the region perpetrated by the Einsatzkommando 16 in November 1939 in the forest near Kartuzy (see: Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Book: Biskup. Marian. Tomczak. Andrzej. 1955. Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.. pl. Toruń. 96.
  3. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 107.