Niewieścin [ɲɛˈvjɛɕt͡ɕin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[2] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Pruszcz, 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Świecie, 25 km (16 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 39 km (24 mi) north-west of Toruń. It is situated on the northern shore of Niewieścińskie Lake.
Niewieścin | |
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Village | |
 Saint James the Greater church in Niewieścin | |
  Niewieścin | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′32″N 18°13′24″E / 53.29222°N 18.22333°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Świecie |
| Gmina | Pruszcz |
| Population | |
• Total | 495 (2,011)[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CSW |
History
editNiewieścin was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Świecie County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[3]
Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. In October 1941, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to a transit camp in Smukała, Bydgoszcz, while their houses were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]
References
edit- ^ "The results of the National Population and Housing Census 2011" (in Polish). GUS. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "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. 108.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.
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