Country Poland Population 620 Voivodeship Pomeranian Voivodeship | County Starogard Local time Tuesday 5:30 AM | |
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Gmina Gmina Starogard Gdański Weather 6°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 94% Humidity | ||
Szpęgawsk [ˈʂpɛnɡafsk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Starogard Gdański, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Starogard Gdański and 41 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk.
Map of Szp%C4%99gawsk, Poland
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.
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