Głazica

Głazica
Village
Wayside cross in Głazica
Głazica
Coordinates: 54°29′46″N 18°11′32″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Wejherowo
Gmina	Szemud
Population	192
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GWE

Głazica [ɡwaˈʑit͡sa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szemud, within Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Szemud, 13 km (8 mi) south of Wejherowo, and 32 km (20 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

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

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, several Polish families were expelled, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[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. 100 (in Polish)
3. Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, p. 70 (in Polish)