Gorzędziej
Gorzędziej | |
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Village | |
 Panorama of Gorzędziej from the Vistula river | |
  Gorzędziej | |
| Coordinates: 54°1′57″N 18°49′9″E / 54.03250°N 18.81917°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Tczew |
| Gmina | Subkowy |
| Town rights | 1287[1] |
| Town rights revoked | 1312[1] |
| Population | |
• Total | 542 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GTC |
Gorzędziej [ɡɔˈʐɛnd͡ʑɛi̯] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Subkowy, within Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 5 km (3 mi) north-east of Subkowy, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Tczew, and 39 km (24 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
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A fortification is known to have existed here at least since some time before 1233, since it is known that it was reinforced 1233–1236 by Duke Sambor II with the help of the Teutonic Order. Sometime later it was captured by his brother, Świętopełk II. In 1282 his son Mestwin II gave the castle to the Bishop of Płock. The bishop founded a town that grew up around the castle. It was granted town rights in 1287.[1] In 1312 the town was bought by the Teutonic Order and was deprived of its town rights. It was later a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3] The village suffered much damage in the Deluge and was almost completely abandoned. In 1905, the town had 436 inhabitants; in 1943, 435.[4]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Gorzędziej was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. pp. 110–111.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Weise, Erich, ed. (1981) [1966]. Handbuch der historischen Stätten. Ost- und Westpreussen (in German). Stuttgart: Kröner. pp. 65–66. ISBN 3-520-31701-X.
- ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. pp. 39–40.
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