Gzin | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°13′N 18°19′E / 53.217°N 18.317°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Bydgoszcz |
Gmina | Dąbrowa Chełmińska |
First mentioned | 1222 |
Population | 450 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CBY |
Website | http://dabrowachelminska.pl/ |
Gzin [ɡʑin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Dąbrowa Chełmińska, 24 km (15 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 29 km (18 mi) north-west of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
The oldest known mention of the village comes from a document of Duke Konrad I of Masovia from 1222.
During the German occupation ( World War II), in 1939, inhabitants of Gzin were among the victims of massacres of Poles committed by the German Selbstschutz in nearby Płutowo as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [2]
Gzin | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°13′N 18°19′E / 53.217°N 18.317°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Bydgoszcz |
Gmina | Dąbrowa Chełmińska |
First mentioned | 1222 |
Population | 450 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CBY |
Website | http://dabrowachelminska.pl/ |
Gzin [ɡʑin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dąbrowa Chełmińska, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north of Dąbrowa Chełmińska, 24 km (15 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz, and 29 km (18 mi) north-west of Toruń. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
The oldest known mention of the village comes from a document of Duke Konrad I of Masovia from 1222.
During the German occupation ( World War II), in 1939, inhabitants of Gzin were among the victims of massacres of Poles committed by the German Selbstschutz in nearby Płutowo as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [2]