Lasowice Wielkie, Pomeranian Voivodeship

Village in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

54°5′22″N 19°4′27″E / 54.08944°N 19.07417°E / 54.08944; 19.07417Country

PolandVoivodeshipPomeranianCountyMalborkGminaMalborkPopulation

• Total340

Lasowice Wielkie [lasɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈvjɛlkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malbork, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Malbork and 43 km (27 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk.

History

The village was part of the Kingdom of Poland until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it was annexed by Prussia. In 1871, it became part of Germany, then in 1920 of the Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk). During World War II, in 1939, it was annexed by Germany, which established a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp. Dozens of Poles were subjected to forced labour there.^[2] After Germany's defeat in the war, the village became again part of Poland.

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1459. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.