Szymankowo
Szymankowo ( German: Simon Village ) is a village in Poland in Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Malborski powiat ( county Marienburg) in the rural community Lichnowy ( United Lichtenau ).
The village is a center of the volunteer fire department.
Geography
Szymankowo between Marienburg and Dirschau, between the rivers Vistula and Nogat, about 5 km south of Lichnowy, 9 km north- west of Marienburg and 38 km southeast of the capital of the Gdansk region.
History
In 1886, the railway line from Simon village was taken over by Neuteich Tiegenhof in operation.
Until September 1, 1939 Simon village was part of the Free City of Danzig and the Polish-German border nodes railway.
1939 was Simon village of about 23 to 25 residential buildings, two manor houses and a farm on which the Mayor, Paul Foth lived. In addition, there were 2 in Simon village schools - Polish and German. The Polish school was founded in April 1934. In the village there were a railway station, a post office, a dairy, a grocery store, 2 restaurants and a small police station. On the edge of the village stood a windmill, which no longer exists today. In Simon village once lived around 120 Polish and German families. Simon Village was supported between April-October of 150 to 160 seasonal workers.
Massacres of Simon Village
On 1 September 1939 the passage of a train was stopped in Simon village of Polish railway workers and customs officials, was occupied by German pioneers in Polish uniforms and an armored train was followed with the goal of becoming the Vistula bridge of Dirschau for the German Wehrmacht. The guards at the bridge were alerted by a call from a Polish railway worker from Simon village, and they could blow up the bridge in time. The Germans murdered during the train several Polish railway employees, 20 alone in Simon village.
Management affiliation
- Until 1772 the Kingdom of Poland
- 1772-1919 Kingdom of Prussia
- 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig
- 1939-1945 Danzig- West Prussia
- 1975-1998 voivodeship Elbląg