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{{Short description|Village in Kociewie}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pączewo
| settlement_type = Village
| total_type =  
| image_skyline = Kościół Zwiastowania NMP w Pączewie.jpg
| image_caption = Church of the Annunciation in Pączewo
| 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 Skórcz|Skórcz]]
| coordinates = {{coord|53|50|51|N|18|31|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 = 685
| website =
}}
'''Pączewo''' {{IPAc-pl|p|o|n|'|cz|e|w|o}} is a [[village]] in the administrative district of [[Gmina Skórcz]], within [[Starogard County]], [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]], in northern Poland.{{TERYT}} It lies approximately {{convert|6|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of [[Skórcz]], {{convert|14|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Starogard Gdański]], and {{convert|58|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south of the regional capital [[Gdańsk]]. It is located within the ethnocultural region of [[Kociewie]]<ref name=sgk/> in the historic region of [[Pomerania]].

The landmark of Pączewo is the historic Church of the Annunciation.

==History==
[[File:Paczewo 1.JPG|thumb|left|19th-century St. Joseph's column]]
The oldest known mention of the village dates back to 1352.<ref name=sgk>''Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich'', Tom VII, Warsaw, 1886, p. 927 (in Polish)</ref> It was destroyed during the [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)]], and later rebuilt.<ref name=sgk/> Pączewo 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. 112 (in Polish)</ref> In 1673 it was granted a royal [[privilege (law)|privilege)]].<ref name=sgk/>

During the [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German occupation of Poland]] ([[World War II]]), several [[Polish people|Poles]] from Pączewo were murdered by the Germans in the [[Zajączek, Pomeranian Voivodeship|Zajączek]] forest nearby in 1939 (see ''[[Intelligenzaktion]]''),<ref>Maria Wardzyńska, ''Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion'', [[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]], Warsaw, 2009, p. 153-154 (in Polish)</ref> and several dozens of Polish families were [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] in 1940 and 1942 and deported either to the [[General Government]] or to [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] to Germany, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the ''[[Lebensraum]]'' policy.<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. 71, 120 (in Polish)</ref>

==Notable people==
* {{interlanguage link|Jan Brejski|pl|display=1}} (1863–1934), Polish activist, journalist, publisher, and member of the [[Legislative Sejm (Second Polish Republic)|Legislative Sejm]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Gmina Skórcz}}

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

{{Starogard-geo-stub}}

Pączewo - Revision history

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