Grzybno, Chełmno County
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 Saint Michael Archangel church in Grzybno | |
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| Coordinates: 53°11′40″N 18°26′31″E / 53.19444°N 18.44194°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Chełmno |
| Gmina | Unisław |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CCH |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
Grzybno [ˈɡʐɨbnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Unisław, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Chełmno, 22 km (14 mi) north-west of Toruń, and 31 km (19 mi) east of Bydgoszcz.
The local landmark is the medieval Gothic Saint Michael Archangel church.
History[edit]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1942, the German gendarmerie and Einsatzkompanie Thorn carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed either in the Potulice concentration camp, in a transit camp in Toruń or in a Germanisation camp in Jabłonowo-Zamek.[2] Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]
Administrative division[edit]
Several adjacent settlements are considered part of Grzybno: Bobak, Chiny, Garwolin, Korea, Pod Głażewo, Pod Siemion, Pod Unisław.[4]
Transport[edit]
There is a train station in the village.
References[edit]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
- ^ Wardzyńska, p. 123
- ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Cyfryzacji z dnia 13 grudnia 2012 r. w sprawie wykazu urzędowych nazw miejscowości i ich części, Dz. U. z 2013 r. poz. 200
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