Wiślinka | |
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Village | |
 Aerial view of the mouth of the Śmiała Wisła River with Wiślinka at the bottom right of the picture | |
  Wiślinka | |
| Coordinates: 54°20′18″N 18°48′7″E / 54.33833°N 18.80194°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Gdańsk |
| Gmina | Pruszcz Gdański |
| Population | 939 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GDA |
| Voivodeship roads |  |
Wiślinka [viˈɕlinka] (German: Wesselinken) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, within Gdańsk County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) north-east of Pruszcz Gdański and 12 km (7 mi) east of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
During World War II it was the location of a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp, in which the Germans imprisoned around 50 people as forced labour.[2]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ Gliński, Mirosław. "Podobozy i większe komanda zewnętrzne obozu Stutthof (1939–1945)". Stutthof. Zeszyty Muzeum (in Polish). 3: 168. ISSN 0137-5377.
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