Zblewo
Zblewo | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 The village's cultural centre | |
  Zblewo Location within Poland | |
| Coordinates: 53°56′5″N 18°19′46″E / 53.93472°N 18.32944°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Zblewo |
| Highest elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,615 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GST |
| Website | www.zblewo.pl |
Zblewo [ˈzblɛvɔ] is a village in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It is the seat of Gmina Zblewo. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
[edit]The oldest mention of the village dates back to 1305.[2] Zblewo was a royal village of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[3]
It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. The development of Zblewo in the latter half of the 19th century is primarily associated with the construction of the Prussian Eastern Railway.[2] After World War I, the village became part of the Second Polish Republic.[citation needed]
During the Nazi occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1939, the Nazis murdered several Poles from Zblewo, including a local priest, along with Poles from other villages in large massacres in the Szpęgawski Forest as part of the Intelligenzaktion Pommern.[4]
Transport
[edit]The village is served by a railway station on the Tczew–Kostrzyn route, line 203.
Zblewo is located on the national road DK22 in between Chojnice and Starogard Gdański on the route running from Gorzów Wielkopolski to the Russian Border in Masuria.
Amenities
[edit]Zblewo has a shopping centre, as well as shops located in the village centre, a sports centre that includes a football pitch and basketball court, and a park.[citation needed]
Sports
[edit]The village is represented by the football team Sokół Zblewo who, as of 2026, play in the Klasa A division.[5] The village's municipal stadium is also the home ground of KS Sławek Borzechowo from the neighbouring village of Borzechowo.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Józef Wrycza (1884–1961), Polish Catholic priest, pro-independence activist, member of the Polish resistance movement in World War II
- Hanna Polk (1963–2019), Polish actress
References
[edit]- ↑ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). To search: Select "Miejscowości (SIMC)" tab, select "fragment (min. 3 znaki)" (minimum 3 characters), enter town name in the field below, click "WYSZUKAJ" (Search).
- 1 2 "Słów kilka o historii" [A few words about history] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-23.
- ↑ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 113.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 149–150.
- ↑ "Klasa A 2026/2027, grupa: Gdańsk III". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "Boisko sportowe Zblewo". Kociewie24.eu.