Więckowy Explained

Więckowy
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:Skarszewy
Coordinates:54.06°N 18.3872°W
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Population Total:600
Registration Plate:GST
Blank Name Sec2:Voivodeship roads

Więckowy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarszewy, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4km (02miles) west of Skarszewy, 150NaN0 north-west of Starogard Gdański, and 380NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Human settlement dates back to prehistoric times and there is a cemetery from the Iron Age near the village, now an archaeological site.[2]

Więckowy was a private church village within the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, owned by the monastery in Pelplin.[3]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered over 100 Poles in the forest between Skarszewy and Więckowy in October and November 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[4]

Education

There is a public primary school in Więckowy.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Wieś Więckowy (pomorskie) w liczbach. Polska w liczbach. 9 September 2021. pl.
  3. Book: Biskup. Marian. Tomczak. Andrzej. 1955. Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.. pl. Toruń. 121.
  4. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warsaw. IPN. 153, 183.