Zawada [zaˈvada] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Pruszcz, 22 km (14 mi) south-west of Świecie, and 23 km (14 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz.

Zawada
Village
Old manor house
Old manor house
Zawada is located in Poland
Zawada
Zawada
Coordinates: 53°17′19″N 18°11′13″E / 53.28861°N 18.18694°E / 53.28861; 18.18694
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyŚwiecie
GminaPruszcz
Vehicle registrationCSW

History

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Zawada was a private village of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Świecie County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland.[2]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, Pruszcz was occupied by Germany until 1945. In 1941, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to transit camps in Tczew and Smukała [pl], Bydgoszcz, while their houses were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ Biskup, Marian; Tomczak, Andrzej (1955). Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w. (in Polish). Toruń. p. 109.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ 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.