Dalwin, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Dalwin [ˈdalvin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tczew, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Tczew and 29 km (18 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Dalwin
Village
Saint Nicholas church in Dalwin
Saint Nicholas church in Dalwin
Dalwin is located in Poland
Dalwin
Dalwin
Coordinates: 54°6′48″N 18°38′32″E / 54.11333°N 18.64222°E / 54.11333; 18.64222
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyTczew
GminaTczew
Population
248
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGTC

History edit

Dalwin was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772, and restored to Poland, after Poland regained independence in 1918.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1941, the Einsatzkompanie Gotenhafen, Schutzpolizei and SS carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses and farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3] Expelled Poles were enslaved as forced labour and sent either to German colonists in the region or to Germany.[3]

Transport edit

The A1 motorway runs nearby, east of the village.

References edit

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. pp. 110–111.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.