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{{Short description|Village in Kociewie}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lubichowo
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Lubichowo.jpg
| image_caption = Center of the village
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| image_map =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Pomeranian Voivodeship|Pomeranian]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Starogard County|Starogard]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Gmina Lubichowo|Lubichowo]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53|52|4|N|18|23|56|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = right
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 2052
| website =
}}
'''Lubichowo''' {{IPAc-pl|l|u|b|i|'|h|o|w|o}} is a [[village]] in [[Starogard County]], [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland. It is the seat of the [[gmina]] (administrative district) called [[Gmina Lubichowo]].{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-west of [[Starogard Gdański]] and {{convert|58|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Gdańsk]]. It is located within historic region of [[Pomerania]].

An old church of Saint James is located in Lubichowo.

Lubichowo was a royal village of the [[Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Polish Crown]], administratively located in the Tczew County in the [[Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)|Pomeranian Voivodeship]].<ref>Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, ''Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w.'', Toruń, 1955, p. 110, 112 (in Polish)</ref>

During the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation of Poland]] ([[World War II]]), on October 20, 1939, the Germans murdered local [[Polish people|Polish]] teachers in the [[Szpęgawski Forest]] (see ''[[Intelligenzaktion]]'').<ref>Maria Wardzyńska, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', [[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]], Warsaw, 2009, pp. 148-149 (in Polish)</ref> Also several Polish families were [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] from the village in 1942.<ref>Maria Wardzyńska, ''Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945'', [[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]], Warsaw, 2017, p. 120 (in Polish)</ref>

{{interlanguage link|Florian Białka|pl|display=1}} (1918–1940), Catholic professed cleric, murdered by the Germans in the [[Gusen concentration camp]], considered one of the [[108 Martyrs of World War II|108 Blessed Polish Martyrs of World War II]], was born in the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/Nazis3.htm|title=Martyrs killed ''in odium fidei'' by the Nazis during the Second World War (III)|website=newsaints.faithweb.com|accessdate=26 July 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Gmina Lubichowo}}

[[Category:Villages in Kociewie]]
[[Category:Villages in Starogard County]]

{{Starogard-geo-stub}}

Lubichowo - Revision history

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