Nowa Cerkiew, Chojnice County

For other places with the same name, see Nowa Cerkiew.

Nowa Cerkiew
Village
Mary Magdalene church in Nowa Cerkiew
Nowa Cerkiew
Coordinates: 53°41′59″N 17°41′7″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Chojnice
Gmina	Chojnice
Population	592
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GCH

Nowa Cerkiew [ˈnɔva ˈt͡sɛrkʲɛf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Chojnice and 97 km (60 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Grave of priest Józef Mańkowski

Nowa Cerkiew was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the local Polish parish priest Józef Mańkowski [pl] was arrested and then murdered by the Germans in a mass execution of Poles carried out in November 1939 in the so-called Valley of Death near Chojnice (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. 82 (in Polish)
3. "Józef Mańkowski" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 September 2020.