Gzin
Gzin | |
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Village | |
 Pond in Gzin | |
  Gzin | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′N 18°19′E / 53.217°N 18.317°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Bydgoszcz |
| Gmina | Dąbrowa Chełmińska |
| First mentioned | 1222 |
| Population | 450 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CBY |
| Website | http://dabrowachelminska.pl/ |
Gzin [ɡʑin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Dąbrowa Chełmińska, 24 km (15 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 29 km (18 mi) north-west of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
[edit]The oldest known mention of the village comes from a document of Duke Konrad I of Masovia from 1222.
During the German occupation (World War II), in 1939, inhabitants of Gzin were among the victims of massacres of Poles committed by the German Selbstschutz in nearby Płutowo as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Główny Urząd Statystyczny" [Central Statistical Office] (in Polish). Select Miejscowości (SIMC) tab, select fragment (min. 3 znaki), enter town name in the field below, click WYSZUKAJ (Search)
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 166.
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