Szpęgawsk
| Szpęgawsk | |
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| Village | |
 Szpęgawsk
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| Coordinates: 54°0′17″N 18°36′25″E / 54.00472°N 18.60694°E | |
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Starogard |
| Gmina | Gmina Starogard Gdański |
| Population | 620 |
Szpęgawsk [ˈʂpɛnɡafsk] (German: Spengawsken) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Starogard Gdański, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Starogard Gdański and 41 km (25 mi) south of the regional capital Gdańsk.
For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village has a population of 620.
During the Nazi Occupation, around 5000-7000 civilians were executed between September 1939 and January 1941 in the forest of Szpęgawsk (Las Szpęgawski), most of them intellectuals and Jews from Pomerania.
Coordinates: 54°0′17″N 18°36′25″E / 54.00472°N 18.60694°E
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