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.
Szpęgawsk | |
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Village | |
 Monument at the place of execution in Szpęgawsk Forest. | |
  Szpęgawsk | |
| Coordinates: 54°0′17″N 18°36′25″E / 54.00472°N 18.60694°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Starogard Gdański |
| Population | |
| • Total | 620 |
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
During the Nazi occupation, 5,000-7,000 Polish civilians were executed between September 1939 and January 1941 in the Forest of Szpęgawsk (Las Szpęgawski), most of them intellectuals and Jews from Pomerania, and 2000 psychiatric patients from the Kocborowo hospital near Starogard Gdariski.[2][3]
Notable people
edit- Bogdan Wenta, Polish handball player, coach and politician
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ pl:Zbrodnia w Lesie Szpęgawskim
- ^ "Information Portal to European Sites of Remembrance". www.memorialmuseums.org. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
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