Nowa Cerkiew is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ostaszewo, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 5 km south-west of Ostaszewo, 15 km west of Nowy Dwór Gdański, and 28 km south-east of the regional capital Gdańsk. Before 1772 the area was part of Kingdom of Poland, 1772-1919 Prussia and Germany, 1920-1939 Free City of Danzig, 1939 - February 1945 Nazi Germany. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.