Krąg, Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Krąg.

Krąg
Village
Church of the Assumption of Mary in Krąg
Krąg
Coordinates: 54°0′12″N 18°26′31″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Starogard
Gmina	Starogard Gdański
Population	480
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GST

Krąg [krɔnk] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Starogard Gdański, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-west of Starogard Gdański and 43 km (27 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Krąg was a private village owned by various Polish nobles, incl. the Machwic and Odrowski families, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.^[2] It was annexed by Prussia in the First Partition of Poland in 1772. Following World War I, Poland regained independence and control of the village.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Krąg was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.^[3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 116.
3. The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 42.