Wolental | |
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  Wolental | |
| Coordinates: 53°49′36″N 18°31′55″E / 53.82667°N 18.53194°E | |
| Country | 
Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Skórcz |
| Population | 560 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Wolental [vɔˈlɛntal] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skórcz, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Skórcz, 16 km (10 mi) south of Starogard Gdański, and 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Wolental was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. [2]
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), several Poles from Wolental were murdered by the Germans in the Zajączek forest nearby in 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion), [3] and 55 Poles were expelled in 1943–1944, and their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [4]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 113 (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 153 (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, p. 132 (in Polish)
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Wolental | |
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Village | |
Wolental | |
| Coordinates: 53°49′36″N 18°31′55″E / 53.82667°N 18.53194°E | |
| Country |
Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Skórcz |
| Population | 560 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Wolental [vɔˈlɛntal] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skórcz, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Skórcz, 16 km (10 mi) south of Starogard Gdański, and 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
Wolental was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. [2]
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), several Poles from Wolental were murdered by the Germans in the Zajączek forest nearby in 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion), [3] and 55 Poles were expelled in 1943–1944, and their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [4]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 113 (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 153 (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945, IPN, Warsaw, 2017, p. 132 (in Polish)
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