Skórcz
Sign in to saveSkórcz () 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.
Weather now
cached 166h ago21°overcast clouds
31% 5.0 m/s OpenWeatherMap
7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban municipality of Poland
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Starogard County
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- +3513
- Area
- +3.67
- Official website
- skorcz.pl
- Image
- Skórcz Church.JPG
Show 1 more fact
- P8168
- Lairière
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Sports
- Notable people
- References
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.