Brzoza | |
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Village | |
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Coordinates: 52°57′43″N 18°41′20″E / 52.96194°N 18.68889°E | |
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Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Toruń |
Gmina | Wielka Nieszawka |
Population | 180 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CTR |
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Brzoza [ˈbʐɔza], meaning birch, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Nieszawka, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Wielka Nieszawka and 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Toruń. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1939, the local Polish school principal was murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in the nearby Barbarka forest in Toruń as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [2] In November 1940, the German Schutzpolizei carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Toruń, and then either deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or sent to forced labour, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [3]
Brzoza is located at the intersection of the Polish A1 and S10 highways, and also the National road 91 passes through the village. There is also a railway station in the village.
Brzoza | |
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Village | |
![]() Entrance to the village | |
Coordinates: 52°57′43″N 18°41′20″E / 52.96194°N 18.68889°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Toruń |
Gmina | Wielka Nieszawka |
Population | 180 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CTR |
Highways |
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National roads |
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Brzoza [ˈbʐɔza], meaning birch, is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielka Nieszawka, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Wielka Nieszawka and 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Toruń. It is located in the historic region of Kuyavia.
During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1939, the local Polish school principal was murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in the nearby Barbarka forest in Toruń as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [2] In November 1940, the German Schutzpolizei carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Toruń, and then either deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or sent to forced labour, while their houses and farms were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [3]
Brzoza is located at the intersection of the Polish A1 and S10 highways, and also the National road 91 passes through the village. There is also a railway station in the village.