Gowidlino
Gowidlino [ɡɔviˈdlinɔ] is a Kashubian village in the administrative district of Gmina Sierakowice, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Sierakowice, 27 km (17 mi) west of Kartuzy, and 55 km (34 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Gowidlino | |
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Village | |
 Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary | |
  Gowidlino | |
| Coordinates: 54°19′31″N 17°47′26″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Kartuzy |
| Gmina | Sierakowice |
| Elevation | 165.3 m (542.3 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,350 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GKA |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
It is located on the northern shore of the Gowidlińskie Lake, within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
Gowidlino was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Mirachowo County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, some Poles from Gowidlino were among the victims of a massacre committed by the Germans in nearby Kaliska as part of the Intelligenzaktion, whereas local priest Maksymilian Krzewiński was murdered during a massacre of Polish priests from the region perpetrated by the Einsatzkommando 16 in the forest near Kartuzy (see: Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland).[3] In 1942, the German police carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to Germans as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4] Expelled Poles were deported to the Potulice concentration camp, and eventually enslaved as forced labour and sent either to Germany or to German colonists in the region.[4]
Notable people
- Danuta Stenka (born 1961), Polish actress
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 94.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 107, 154.
- Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 116. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
