Pniewy, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pniewy [ˈpɲɛvɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gąsawa, within Żnin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Gąsawa, 11 km (7 mi) south-east of Żnin, and 37 km (23 mi) south of Bydgoszcz.

Pniewy
Village
Pniewskie Lake
Pniewskie Lake
Pniewy is located in Poland
Pniewy
Pniewy
Coordinates: 52°48′N 17°50′E / 52.800°N 17.833°E / 52.800; 17.833
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyŻnin
GminaGąsawa
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCZN

History

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Pniewy was mentioned in the Bull of Gniezno from 1136 and a royal privilege of Polish King Casimir III the Great from 1357 as a possession of the Archdiocese of Gniezno.[2] It was a private church village, administratively located in the Kcynia County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] In the late 19th century, it had a population of 137.[2]

During the German occupation (World War II), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were then deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ a b Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (in Polish). Warsaw. 1887. p. 335.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 240. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.