Połchowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

See also: Połchowo, Kamień County

Połchowo
Village
Wayside shrine in Połchowo
Połchowo
Coordinates: 54°38′54″N 18°22′20″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Puck
Gmina	Puck
Population	1,113
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GPU

Połchowo [pɔu̯ˈxɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Puck and 36 km (22 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Połchowo 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 and 1942, the Germans expelled several Polish families, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

Sport

Established in 1949,the village is represented by the football club Kaszuby Połchowo who compete in Klasa B.[4]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 101.
3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 70, 119. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
4. "Ludowy Zespół Sportowy Kaszuby Połchowo". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 May 2024.