Stogi, Pomeranian Voivodeship

For other places with the same name, see Stogi.
Stogi
Village
Stogi
Coordinates: 54°4′34″N 18°58′31″E / 54.07611°N 18.97528°E / 54.07611; 18.97528Coordinates: 54°4′34″N 18°58′31″E / 54.07611°N 18.97528°E / 54.07611; 18.97528
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Pomeranian
County Malbork
Gmina Gmina Malbork
Population 430

Stogi [ˈstɔɡi] (German Heubuden) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Malbork, within Malbork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Malbork and 40 km (25 mi) 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.

The village has a population of 430.

Former Mennonite village of Heubuden

In Stogi there is the oldest (1768) and one of the biggest Mennonite cemeteries of Poland.

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