Orle, Kościerzyna County

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Orle is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Liniewo, within Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 3 km south-west of Liniewo, 17 km south-east of Kościerzyna, and 45 km south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located in the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Orle was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion, and Poles from Orle were also executed in the forest between Skarszewy and Więckowy.

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