Skórcz
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Skórcz () is a town in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 3,609 inhabitants (2017). It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
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Place details
- Locality
- Skórcz
- Region
- województwo pomorskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 3,564
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Skórcz
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Skórcz Church.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of All Saints
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Skórcz COA.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pomeranian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Starogard
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Skórcz (urban gmina)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.67
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 3512
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Skórcz () is a town in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 3,609 inhabitants (2017). It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
==History== Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in 1939, Skórcz was occupied by Germany. The nearby forest was the site of a massacre of 11 Poles committed by the German Selbstschutz. A prison of the German gendarmerie was established in the town. Poles from Skórcz were among the victims of large massacres of Poles from the region committed by the occupiers in 1939 in the forests of Szpęgawsk and Zajączek as part of the Intelligenzaktion. In 1942, the Germans renamed the town to Großwollental in attempt to erase traces of Polish origin. German occupation ended in 1945, and the town's historic name was restored.
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