Linowiec, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Linowiec [liˈnɔvjɛt͡s] (German: Lienfitz) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Starogard Gdański, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Starogard Gdański and 40 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

Linowiec
Village
Wayside cross in Linowiec
Linowiec
Linowiec
Coordinates: 54°1′2″N 18°29′49″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyStarogard
GminaGmina Starogard Gdański
Population
363
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The village has a population of 363.

Linowiec was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered local Polish teachers in the Szpęgawski Forest (see Intelligenzaktion).[3]

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 110, 112 (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 148-149 (in Polish)


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