Domatowo

Domatowo [dɔmaˈtɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Domôtowò, German: Groß Dommatau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Puck, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kashubia in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Puck and 47 km (29 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Domatowo
Village
Domatowo
Domatowo
Coordinates: 54°43′N 18°14′E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPomeranian
CountyPuck
GminaGmina Puck
Population
700
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The village has a population of 700.

Domatowo was a private church village within the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, owned by the monastery in Oliwa.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered seven Poles in Domatowo in October 1939.[3] Polish farmers from Domatowo were imprisoned in nearby Puck, and on November 3, 1939 murdered in the Piasnica massacre.[4]

References
  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 103 (in Polish)
  3. Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warszawa, 2009, p. 275 (in Polish)
  4. Wardzyńska, p. 146-147



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