Parchowo

Parchowo [parˈxɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Parchòwò, German: Parchau) is a village in Gmina Parchowo, Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Bytów and 65 km (40 mi) south-west of Gdańsk (capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship).

Parchowo
Village
Saint Nicholas church in Parchowo
Coat of arms
Parchowo
Coordinates: 54°12′23″N 17°40′05″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyBytów
GminaParchowo
First mentioned1253
Population
1,019
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Parchowo is the seat of the Gmina Parchowo.

It has a population of 1,019.

History
Nursing home in Parchowo

The oldest known mention of Parchowo comes a document of Wolimir, Bishop of Kuyavia from 1253.[1] Parchowo was the seat of local royal starosts from 1663 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Kingdom of Prussia.[1] The village was subject to Germanisation policies and many Kashubian families from Parchowo emigrated to America (see Kashubian diaspora).

After Poland regained independence after World War I in 1918, the village was restored to Poland. During the German occupation (World War II), in September 1939, the Einsatzkommando 16 murdered the local Polish priest Sylwester Frost as part of a massacre of Polish priests in the forest near Kartuzy (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] Also during the occupation, the historic Neptune's Fountain from Gdańsk was hidden in the village.[3] After the war the village was restored to Poland.

From 1975 to 1998 the village was located in the Słupsk Voivodeship.

Transport

Parchowo lies along the voivodeship road .

Notable people

References
  1. Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VII, Warszawa, 1886, p. 862 (in Polish)
  2. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 107 (in Polish)
  3. "Fontanna Neptuna". Info Gdańsk (in Polish). Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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