Pogódki [pɔˈɡutki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarszewy, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Skarszewy, 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Starogard Gdański, and 43 km (27 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Pogódki
Village
Baroque Saints Peter and Paul church in Pogódki
Baroque Saints Peter and Paul church in Pogódki
Pogódki is located in Poland
Pogódki
Pogódki
Coordinates: 54°1′33″N 18°19′12″E / 54.02583°N 18.32000°E / 54.02583; 18.32000
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaSkarszewy
First mentioned1198
Population
797
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGST

History edit

Pogódki dates back to medieval Poland. The oldest known mention of the village comes from 1198. In 1258, a Cistercian monastery was founded by Duke Sambor II, which was eventually moved to Pelplin in 1276. Later on, Pogódki was a private church village of the monastery in Pelplin, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Pogódki was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] In 1942, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were sent to the Potulice concentration camp, and then deported either to forced labour in Germany or to the General Government (German-occupied central Poland), while their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]

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. p. 120.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 44.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 117. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.