Parchowo

Parchowo [parˈxɔvɔ] is a village in Gmina Parchowo, Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Bytów and 65 km (40 mi) south-west of Gdańsk (capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship).

Parchowo
Village
Saint Nicholas church in Parchowo
Saint Nicholas church in Parchowo
Coat of arms of Parchowo
Coat of arms
Parchowo is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Parchowo
Parchowo
Parchowo is located in Poland
Parchowo
Parchowo
Coordinates: 54°12′23″N 17°40′05″E
Country Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
CountyBytów
GminaParchowo
First mentioned1253
Population
1,019
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Parchowo is the seat of the Gmina Parchowo.

History
Nursing home in Parchowo

The oldest known mention of Parchowo comes a document of Wolimir, Bishop of Kuyavia from 1253.[1] Parchowo was the seat of local royal starosts from 1663 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Kingdom of Prussia.[1] The village was subject to Germanisation policies and many Kashubian families from Parchowo emigrated to America (see Kashubian diaspora).

After Poland regained independence after World War I in 1918, the village was restored to Poland. During the German occupation (World War II), in September 1939, the Einsatzkommando 16 murdered the local Polish priest Sylwester Frost as part of a massacre of Polish priests in the forest near Kartuzy (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] Also during the occupation, the historic Neptune's Fountain from Gdańsk was hidden in the village.[3] After the war the village was restored to Poland.

From 1975 to 1998 the village was located in the Słupsk Voivodeship.

Transport

Parchowo lies along the voivodeship road .

Notable people

References
  1. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Vol. VII, Warsaw, 1886, p. 862 (in Polish)
  2. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 107 (in Polish)
  3. "Fontanna Neptuna". Info Gdańsk (in Polish). Retrieved 22 March 2020.


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