Bobrowniki ([bɔbrɔvˈniki]) is a town in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bobrowniki. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Lipno and 37 km (23 mi) south-east of Toruń. In the Middle Ages the town was one of the centres of the Dobrzyń Land.
Bobrowniki | |
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Town | |
Ruins of the castle | |
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Coat of arms | |
Bobrowniki | |
| Coordinates: 52°46′36″N 18°57′26″E / 52.77667°N 18.95722°E | |
| Country | |
| Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
| County | Lipno |
| Gmina | Bobrowniki |
| Population | |
• Total | 980 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | CLI |
| Website | http://ugbobrowniki.pl/ |
Near Bobrowniki, there is a remarkable power line crossing of the Vistula river.
History
editThe town contains ruins of the castle, built at the end of 14th century by Teutonic Knights at the place of a former Polish gród.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several local farmers and activists were among the victimes of a massacre of Poles, perpetrated by the Germans in nearby Radomice on October 8, 1939 as part of the genocidal Intelligenzaktion campaign.[2] Local Polish teachers were arrested and imprisoned in Włocławek, and two local school principals were sent to Nazi concentration camps and murdered there.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 175.
- ^ Wardzyńska, pp. 176, 180–181
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