Piece, Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Piece.

Piece
Village
Square in the village center
Piece
Coordinates: 53°53′14″N 18°12′50″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Starogard
Gmina	Kaliska
Highest elevation	149 m (489 ft)
Lowest elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population	902
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GST
National roads

Piece [ˈpjɛt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship,[1] in northern Poland.[2] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Kaliska, 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański, and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Piece was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] The local priest was murdered by the Germans in October 1939, during the large massacres of Poles carried out in the Forest of Szpęgawsk (see: Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland).[4]

References

1. "The Location and Main Regional Features of Pomorskie Voivodeship".
2. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
3. The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 44.
4. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 149.