Bobrowniki
Village
Ruins of the castle
Ruins of the castle
Bobrowniki is located in Poland
Bobrowniki
Bobrowniki
Coordinates: 52°46′36″N 18°57′26″E / 52.77667°N 18.95722°E / 52.77667; 18.95722
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyLipno
GminaBobrowniki
Population
 • Total980
Websitehttp://ugbobrowniki.pl/

Bobrowniki ([bɔbrɔvˈniki]) is a village 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 village was one of the centres of the Dobrzyń Land.

Near Bobrowniki, there is a remarkable power line crossing of the Vistula river.

History

The village 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

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 175.
  3. ↑ Wardzyńska, pp. 176, 180–181


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