Rożental, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Rożental [rɔˈʐɛntal] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pelplin, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south-west of Pelplin, 21 km (13 mi) south of Tczew, and 51 km (32 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
Rożental | |
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Village | |
 Wayside shrine in Rożental | |
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| Coordinates: 53°54′43″N 18°41′19″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Tczew |
| Gmina | Pelplin |
| Population | 550 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GTC |
History
Rożental was a private church village of the monastery in Pelplin, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]
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
The Polish A1 motorway runs nearby, west of the village.
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. 121.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
