Domatowo

Summary

Domatowo [dɔmaˈtɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kashubia in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Puck and 47 km (29 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Domatowo
Village
Domatowo is located in Poland
Domatowo
Domatowo
Coordinates: 54°43′N 18°14′E / 54.717°N 18.233°E / 54.717; 18.233
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaPuck
Population
700
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Domatowo was a private church village within the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, owned by the monastery in Oliwa.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered seven Poles in Domatowo in October 1939.[3] Polish farmers from Domatowo were imprisoned in nearby Puck, and on November 3, 1939, murdered in the Piasnica massacre.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 103 (in Polish)
  3. ^ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 275 (in Polish)
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, pp. 146-147