Skrzydłowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship

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Skrzydłowo (Kashubian: Skrzidłowò) is a small village in northern Poland. It is in Gmina Nowa Karczma, Kościerzyna County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, and lies in the Kashubia region of the historic land of Pomerania. About 251 people lived there in 2022. The local time is CET (UTC+1) and CET in summer (UTC+2). Vehicle plates carry the code GKS.

The village has ancient roots, with an Iron Age cemetery nearby and an early medieval fort site, both now archaeological sites. It became part of Poland in the 10th century under Mieszko I. Historically, Skrzydłowo was a private church village in the Diocese of Włocławek, located in the Tczew County of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.

During World War II, in 1939, German forces killed Polish residents from Skrzydłowo in the forest near Skarszewy and Więckowy as part of the Intelligenzaktion. Poles from the village were also expelled or sent to forced labor. In January 1945, a death march of Allied prisoners of war from Stalag XX-B passed through the village.