Skarszewy

Infobox Settlement
name = Skarszewy

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imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Rebuilt remains of palace of Knights Hospitaller in Skarszewy
image_shield = POL Skarszewy COA.svg
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Pomeranian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Starogard
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Skarszewy
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Dariusz Skalski
established_title = Established
established_date = 12th century
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1320
area_total_km2 = 9.43
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 6824
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 54 | latm = 4 | lats = 2 | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 26 | longs = 45 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 83-250
area_code = +48 58
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = GST
website = http://www.skarszewy.pl Skarszewy [IPA-pl|s|k|a|r|'|sz|e|w|y] ( _cs. Skarszewò, _de. Schöneck) is a small town 40 km south of Gdańsk in Starogard Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, northern Poland. Located between Kościerzyna and Tczew. Population: 6 809 (30 June 2005).

19 villages belong to the rural-municipal commune of Skarszewy (together: 13,934 inhabitants, 30 June 2005):

Bączek, Bolesławowo, Bożpole Królewskie, Czarnocin, Demlin, Godziszewo, Jaroszewy, Junkrowy, Kamierowo, Kamierowskie Piece, Koźmin, Malary, Mirowo Duże, Nowy Wiec, Obozin, Pogódki.

History

*1198 - first mentioned as a seat of Knights Hospitaller
*1320 - Schöneck obtains town rights
*1370 - the Order of St. John sells Schöneck to the Teutonic Order
*1466 - Second Peace of Thorn (1466): Schöneck becomes a part of Royal Prussia, Poland
*1772 - annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia
*1818-1920 - part of the Berent county within Western Prussia Province
*1920, 10 January - part of the Polish Corridor
*1939-1945 - Third Reich
*1945 - Poland

References