Wojtal | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°53′38″N 18°2′3″E / 53.89389°N 18.03417°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Pomeranian |
County | Chojnice |
Gmina | Czersk |
Population | 202 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vehicle registration | GCH |
Wojtal [ˈvɔi̯tal] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Czersk, 39 km (24 mi) north-east of Chojnice, and 66 km (41 mi) south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. It is located within the historic region of Pomerania.
Wojtal 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), in 1940, the occupiers carried out expulsions of Poles, who were deported to the General Government (German-occupied central Poland), while their farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.[3]
Wojtal railway station is located in the village.