Bysław [ˈbɨswaf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lubiewo, within Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Lubiewo, 15 km (9 mi) south-east of Tuchola, and 44 km (27 mi) north of Bydgoszcz. It is located within the Tuchola Forest in the historic region of Pomerania.
Bysław | |
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Village | |
 Church of the Transfiguration in Bysław | |
  Bysław | |
| Coordinates: 53°30′25″N 17°59′38″E / 53.50694°N 17.99389°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Tuchola |
| Gmina | Lubiewo |
| Population | 1,500 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CTU |
| Website | http://www.byslaw.las.pl/index.html |
History
editThe name of the village comes from the Old Polish male name Zbysław. Bysław was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans murdered several Polish farmers and the local priest during large massacres of Poles in Rudzki Most.[3] In 1941, the Germans expelled 105 Poles, who were initially deported to the Potulice concentration camp, where two children died, and afterwards some were deported to forced labour to Germany.[4] Their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4] Further expulsions were carried out in 1942–1943.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 123.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 170–171.
- ^ a b Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 97. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
- ^ Wardzyńska (2017), pp. 121, 135
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