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Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Puzdrowo
Village
Birthplace of priest and writer Bernard SychtaBirthplace of priest and writer Bernard Sychta
Puzdrowo is located in PolandPuzdrowoPuzdrowo
Coordinates: 54°20′N 17°51′E / 54.333°N 17.850°E / 54.333; 17.850
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyKartuzy
GminaSierakowice
Population810
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationGKA
Voivodeship roads

Puzdrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sierakowice, within Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Sierakowice, 23 km (14 mi) west of Kartuzy, and 51 km (32 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Puzdrowo was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Mirachowo County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, some Poles from Puzdrowo were among the victims of a massacre committed by the Germans in nearby Kaliska as part of the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign.

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. 96.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 154.
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