Gostycyn
Village
Saint Martin church in Gostycyn
Saint Martin church in Gostycyn
Coat of arms of Gostycyn
Coat of arms
Gostycyn is located in Poland
Gostycyn
Gostycyn
Gostycyn is located in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Gostycyn
Gostycyn
Coordinates: 53°29′21″N 17°48′36″E / 53.48917°N 17.81000°E / 53.48917; 17.81000
Country Poland
VoivodeshipKuyavian-Pomeranian
CountyTuchola
GminaGostycyn
Population
1,800
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationCTU

Gostycyn [ɡɔsˈtɨt͡sɨn] is a village in Tuchola County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gostycyn. It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Tuchola and 44 km (27 mi) north of Bydgoszcz. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

Memorial to the local victims of the Nazi German occupation

Gostycyn was a royal village of the Polish Crown, administratively located in the Tuchola County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.[2]

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Germans arrested several Polish inhabitants and also murdered local Polish teachers in the large massacre of Poles in Rudzki Most as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[3] In 1942–1943 many Poles were expelled, while their farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[4]

References

  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. 123.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 170–171.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2017). Wysiedlenia ludności polskiej z okupowanych ziem polskich włączonych do III Rzeszy w latach 1939-1945 (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. pp. 121, 135. ISBN 978-83-8098-174-4.


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