Piece | |
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Village | |
 Square in the village center | |
  Piece | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′14″N 18°12′50″E / 53.88722°N 18.21389°E | |
| Country | 
Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Kaliska |
| Highest elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population | 902 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GST |
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Piece [ˈpjɛt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, [1] in northern Poland. [2] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Kaliska, 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański, and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), Piece was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [3] The local priest was murdered by the Germans in October 1939, during the large massacres of Poles carried out in the Forest of Szpęgawsk (see: Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland). [4]
References
- ^ "The Location and Main Regional Features of Pomorskie Voivodeship".
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 44.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 149.
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Piece | |
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Village | |
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Square in the village center | |
Piece | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′14″N 18°12′50″E / 53.88722°N 18.21389°E | |
| Country |
Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Kaliska |
| Highest elevation | 149 m (489 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population | 902 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GST |
| National roads |
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Piece [ˈpjɛt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kaliska, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, [1] in northern Poland. [2] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Kaliska, 23 km (14 mi) south-west of Starogard Gdański, and 60 km (37 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), Piece was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [3] The local priest was murdered by the Germans in October 1939, during the large massacres of Poles carried out in the Forest of Szpęgawsk (see: Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland). [4]
References
- ^ "The Location and Main Regional Features of Pomorskie Voivodeship".
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 44.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 149.
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