Brzeźno, Człuchów County
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Brzeźno | |
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Village | |
| Coordinates: 53°39′57″N 17°28′43″E / 53.66583°N 17.47861°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
| Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
| County | Człuchów |
| Gmina | Człuchów |
| Population | 258 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | GCZ |
Brzeźno [ˈbʐɛʑnɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Człuchów, within Człuchów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of Człuchów and 109 km (68 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the ethnocultural region of Kashubia in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
Brzeźno was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Człuchów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2] During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), several inhabitants of the village were among over 450 Poles massacred by the Germans in the Igielska Valley near Chojnice in October and November 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion).[3]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Marian Biskup, Andrzej Tomczak, Mapy województwa pomorskiego w drugiej połowie XVI w., Toruń, 1955, p. 81 (in Polish)
- ↑ Maria Wardzyńska, Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion, IPN, Warsaw, 2009, p. 152 (in Polish)
