Kokoszkowy

Kokoszkowy was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[4]

During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on September 13, 1939, the Selbstschutz carried out a massacre of 10 Poles in the forest between Kokoszkowy and Szpęgawsk.[5] Teachers from Kokoszkowy were among Polish teachers murdered by the Germans on October 20, 1939 in the Szpęgawski Forest as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[6]

St. Barbara church

The village is home to the church of St. Barbara (Kościół Świętej Barbary). This church dates back to the 14th century. Though mainly built of boulders, ist windows and its eastern gable make it an example of Brick Gothic style. There is a graveyard and a house behind the church aptly named after Pope John Paul II.

This church of the 14th century Knights Hospitaller was restored between 1995 and 2013 by the local parish priest Fr. Mark Błażejczyk, with the participation of numerous people of good will. In the church there are:

– 1.Baroque altar from the early 18th century, carved, polychrome.

– 2.Rococo side altars from the second half of the 18th century.

– 3.Wooden carved 18th century baroque crucifix.

– 4.Wooden baptismal font from the 18th century.

– 5.Two feretones from the nineteenth century.

– 6.Baroque altar “Crucifixion” in rococo, gilded frame Brass papal altar crucifix with inscription and date 1770

– 7. There are 2 bells on the church tower: “Barbara” – 265 kg from 1952 and “Nicholas”.

In spring time, the fields around the village are a bright yellow as the region is known for growing the rapeseed oil plants.