Nowa Cerkiew, Chojnice County
Nowa Cerkiew | |
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Village | |
Mary Magdalene church in Nowa Cerkiew | |
Nowa Cerkiew | |
| Coordinates: 53°41′59″N 17°41′7″E / 53.69972°N 17.68528°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Chojnice |
| Gmina | Chojnice |
| Population | 592 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GCH |
Nowa Cerkiew [ˈnɔva ˈt͡sɛrkʲɛf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 km (6 mi) east of Chojnice and 97 km (60 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
History
Nowa Cerkiew was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the local Polish parish priest Józef Mańkowski was arrested and then murdered by the Germans in a mass execution of Poles carried out in November 1939 in the so-called Valley of Death near Chojnice (see Intelligenzaktion).[3]
References
- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 82 (in Polish)
- ^ "Józef Mańkowski" (in Polish). Retrieved 20 September 2020.