Pinczyn [ˈpint͡ʂɨn] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zblewo, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Pinczyn was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tczew County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
[2] During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), local Poles were subjected to various crimes.
The local parish priest Stanisław Hoffman was arrested on October 13, 1939, imprisoned and tortured in Starogard Gdański, and murdered in the Szpęgawski Forest along with other Polish priests on October 16.
[4] In 1942, several Polish families were expelled from the village to Potulice and afterwards deported either to the General Government or to forced labour, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.