Low German Mennonites began moving into the Świecie/Chełmno lowlands by the very last years of the 16th century. This map, from 1893, shows the Vistula River floodplain in exaggerated 3-D. The Village of Przechowko, here marked with its German name Wintersdorf, is outlined in red.
Przechowko sits on the left bank of the Vistula, on an ancient sandbar. The land slopes gently downhill from the northern parts of the village to the south. The houses and church were located centrally, along the roughly east-west road through the village.
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