| Połchowo | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 Wayside shrine in Połchowo | |
  Połchowo | |
| Coordinates: 54°38′54″N 18°22′20″E / 54.64833°N 18.37222°E / 54.64833; 18.37222 | |
| 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 is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. 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.
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.
Sport
Established in 1949,the village is represented by the football club Kaszuby Połchowo who compete in Klasa B.
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 101.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- "Ludowy Zespół Sportowy Kaszuby Połchowo". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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