Borzechowo
Borzechowo [bɔʐɛˈxɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zblewo, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Zblewo, 15 km (9 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański, and 57 km (35 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located on the shores of Borzechowskie Wielkie and Borzechowskie Małe lakes within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
Borzechowo | |
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Village | |
 School in Borzechowo | |
  Borzechowo | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′15″N 18°20′57″E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Zblewo |
| Highest elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population | 938 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GST |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
The landmark of Borzechowo is the Saint Anne church.
History
Borzechowo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Despite the annexation, in the 19th century the village's population remained overwhelmingly Polish.[3] After Poland regained independence in 1918, the village was restored to Poland.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans arrested the seven-member Polish family of Chamier-Gliszczyński, pre-war Polish activists, who stayed in the village after fleeing persecution in Płotowo.[4] They were imprisoned in Starogard Gdański and then murdered in the Szpęgawski Forest along with the owner of the house in which they stayed.[4] Teachers from Borzechowo were among Polish teachers murdered by the Germans on October 20, 1939, in the Szpęgawski Forest as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[5]
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. 110.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I (in Polish). Warsaw. 1880. p. 338.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 81.
- Wardzyńska, pp. 148-149