Parchowo [parˈxɔvɔ] is a village in Gmina Parchowo, Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Bytów and 65 km (40 mi) south-west of Gdańsk (capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship).
Parchowo | |
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Village | |
 Saint Nicholas church in Parchowo | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Parchowo | |
| Coordinates: 54°12′23″N 17°40′05″E / 54.20639°N 17.66806°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Pomeranian |
| County | Bytów |
| Gmina | Parchowo |
| First mentioned | 1253 |
| Population | 1,019 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Parchowo is the seat of the Gmina Parchowo.
History
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The oldest known mention of Parchowo comes a document of Wolimir, Bishop of Kuyavia from 1253.[1] Parchowo was the seat of local royal starosts from 1663 until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Kingdom of Prussia.[1] The village was subject to Germanisation policies and many Kashubian families from Parchowo emigrated to America (see Kashubian diaspora).
After Poland regained independence after World War I in 1918, the village was restored to Poland. During the German occupation (World War II), in September 1939, the Einsatzkommando 16 murdered the local Polish priest Sylwester Frost as part of a massacre of Polish priests in the forest near Kartuzy (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] Also during the occupation, the historic Neptune's Fountain from Gdańsk was hidden in the village.[3] After the war the village was restored to Poland.
From 1975 to 1998 the village was located in the Słupsk Voivodeship.
Transport
editParchowo lies along the voivodeship road 
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Notable people
edit- Wiktor Żywicki (1893–1981), Polish soldier, recipient of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
- Natalia Szroeder (born 1995), Polish singer
References
edit- ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Vol. VII, Warsaw, 1886, p. 862 (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 107 (in Polish)
- ^ "Fontanna Neptuna". Info Gdańsk (in Polish). March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2020.