| Zblewo | |
| 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: | Zblewo |
| Coordinates: | 53.9347°N 18.3294°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Elevation Min M: | 102 |
| Elevation Max M: | 132 |
| Population Total: | 3615 |
| Website: | www.zblewo.pl |
| Registration Plate: | GST |
Zblewo is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of Gmina Zblewo.[1] It lies approximately 14km (09miles) west of Starogard Gdański and 520NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
The village is served by a railway station on the Tczew–Kostrzyn route, line 203.
Zblewo is located on the national road DK22 in between Chojnice and Starogard Gdański on the route running from Gorzów Wielkopolski to the Russian Border in Masuria.
There is a shopping centre in Zblewo as well as shops located in the village centre. There is a sports center in the village that includes a football pitch and basketball court.
The village is represented by the football team Sokół Zblewo who currently play in the Klasa A division.[2] The village's municipal stadium is also the home ground of KS Sławek Borzechowo[3] from the neighbouring village of Borzechowo.
The oldest mention of the village dates back to 1305.[4] Zblewo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[5]
The development of Zblewo in the latter half of the 19th century is primarily associated with the construction of the Prussian Eastern Railway.[6]
During the Nazi occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Nazis murdered several Poles from Zblewo, including a local priest, along with Poles from other villages in large massacres in the Szpęgawski Forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[7]