Przodkowo [pʂɔtˈkɔvɔ] (Kashubian: Przedkòwò, German: Seefeld) is a village in Kartuzy County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Przodkowo.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) north-east of Kartuzy and 23 km (14 mi) west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

Przodkowo
Village
Saint Andrew Church in Przodkowo
Przodkowo
Coordinates: 54°22′47″N 18°17′15″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Kartuzy
Gmina	Przodkowo
Population
• Total	1,286
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Przodkowo was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Gdańsk County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation (World War II), Przodkowo was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] The "death march" of about 11,000 prisoners evacuated by the Germans from the Stutthof concentration camp to Lębork passed through Przodkowo at the turn of January and February 1945.[4] Many prisoners died as a result of hunger, exhaustion and executions by the Germans.[5]

There is a Firefighting Museum (Muzeum Pożarnictwa) in Przodkowo.

The village has a population of 1,286.

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