Szymankowo (Polish: [ʂɨmanˈkɔvɔ]; German: Simonsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lichnowy, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Lichnowy, 9 km (6 mi) north-west of Malbork, and 38 km (24 mi) south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village has a population of 768.

Szymankowo
Village
Saint Florian church
Szymankowo
Coordinates: 54°4′23″N 18°55′23″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Pomeranian
County	Malbork
Gmina	Lichnowy
Population	768
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, from 1772 to 1871 to the Prussia, from 1871 to 1919 to Germany, from 1920 to 1939 to Free City of Danzig, from 1939 to 1945 to Nazi Germany, and in 1945, it was returned to Poland.

World War II

In interwar period Szymankowo was on a territory of Free City of Danzig. Hours before the German invasion of Poland and World War II, on September 1, 1939, the Germans sent two trains with soldiers to capture bridges at Tczew, disguised as freight trains. Polish railroaders on Szymankowo station directed the first train to a blind track, halting the assault. In revenge, local Germans SA units murdered 23 Poles, railmen, customs officers and their families, including one pregnant woman, at the local train station.[2]

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