Szczodrowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Szczodrowo [ʂt͡ʂɔˈdrɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skarszewy, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Skarszewy, 19 km (12 mi) north-west of Starogard Gdański, and 35 km (22 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Szczodrowo
Village
Szczodrowo is located in Poland
Szczodrowo
Szczodrowo
Szczodrowo is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Szczodrowo
Szczodrowo
Coordinates: 54°6′7″N 18°22′4″E
CountryPoland Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaSkarszewy
Population
382
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The settlement Przerębska Huta is part of the village.[2]

Szczodrowo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]

During the occupation of Poland (World War II), many Poles from Szczodrowo were murdered by the Germans in 1939 in large massacres in the forest between Skarszewy and Więckowy.[4]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
  3. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 113 (in Polish)
  4. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 153 (in Polish)



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