Bieńkówka | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°19′00″N 18°21′00″E / 53.31667°N 18.35000°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Chełmno |
Gmina | Chełmno |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CCH |
Bieńkówka [bjɛɲˈkufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
During the German occupation ( World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [1] In 1941, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [2]
Bieńkówka | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 53°19′00″N 18°21′00″E / 53.31667°N 18.35000°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Chełmno |
Gmina | Chełmno |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CCH |
Bieńkówka [bjɛɲˈkufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
During the German occupation ( World War II), in 1939, local Polish teachers were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [1] In 1941, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [2]