Szpęgawsk

Szpęgawsk
Village
Szpęgawsk
Coordinates: 54°0′17″N 18°36′25″E / 54.00472°N 18.60694°E / 54.00472; 18.60694
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Starogard
Gmina	Gmina Starogard Gdański
Population	620

Szpęgawsk [ˈʂpɛnɡafsk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Starogard Gdański, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Starogard Gdański and 41 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 620.

During the Nazi Occupation, around 5000-7000 civilians were executed between September 1939 and January 1941 in the forest of Szpęgawsk (Las Szpęgawski), most of them intellectuals and Jews from Pomerania.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ pl:Zbrodnia w Lesie Szpęgawskim

Gmina Starogard Gdański

Seat (not part of the gmina)	Starogard Gdański

Villages	Barchnowy Brzeźno Wielkie Ciecholewy Dąbrówka Helenowo Jabłowo Janin Janowo Klonówka Kochanka Kokoszkowy Kolincz Koteże Krąg Kręgski Młyn Linowiec Lipinki Szlacheckie Marywil Najmusy Nowa Wieś Rzeczna Okole Owidz Owidz-Młyn Płaczewo Rokocin Rywałd Siwiałka Stary Las Sucumin Sumin Szpęgawsk Trzcińsk Żabno Zduny Żygowice

Coordinates: 54°0′17″N 18°36′25″E / 54.00472°N 18.60694°E / 54.00472; 18.60694

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