Żelichowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship


Żelichowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowy Dwór Gdański, within Nowy Dwór Gdański County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Nowy Dwór Gdański and 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, September 1939 - February 1945 German Reich. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.
The village was founded in 1328. In 1768 a Catholic chapel was built, which burned down in 1778 and has not been rebuilt. In 1776, there were 63 names of Mennonites. In 1820, 366 people lived in Petershagen and Pendelmuehle, including 208 Mennonites. The petition from 1868 signed Mennonite Jacob Wiens from this village. The area of the village was at the time 87 voloks and 4 morgens, 60 houses stood there, and among 472 residents, 143 were Mennonites.
The village had a population of 510 in 2008.