Polichno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Coordinates: 53°7′N 17°33′E / 53.117°N 17.550°E / 53.117; 17.550
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Polichno
Village
Chapel of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polichno
Chapel of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polichno
Polichno is located in Poland
Polichno
Polichno
Polichno is located in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Polichno
Polichno
Coordinates: 53°7′N 17°33′E / 53.117°N 17.550°E / 53.117; 17.550
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyNakło
GminaNakło nad Notecią
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCNA

Polichno [pɔˈlixnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nakło nad Notecią, within Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Nakło nad Notecią and 31 km (19 mi) west of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the ethnographic region of Pałuki.

History[edit]

Polichno was a royal village, administratively located in the Kcynia County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown.[2]

During the German occupation (World War II), in October 1939, the German Selbstschutz carried out a massacre of Poles from Polichno and nearby Rozwarzyn in the local forest as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warsaw: Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences. 2017. p. 1b.
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 164.