Wabcz | |
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Village | |
![]() Saint Bartholomew church in Wabcz | |
Coordinates: 53°21′N 18°34′E / 53.350°N 18.567°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Chełmno |
Gmina | Stolno |
Population | 660 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CCH |
National roads |
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Wabcz [vapt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stolno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Stolno, 10 km (6 mi) east of Chełmno, 36 km (22 mi) north of Toruń, and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
During the German occupation ( World War II), Wabcz was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [2] Local Polish priests were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [3] In January 1942, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [4]
The local football club is Wojownik Wabcz. [5] It competes in the lower leagues.
Wabcz | |
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Village | |
![]() Saint Bartholomew church in Wabcz | |
Coordinates: 53°21′N 18°34′E / 53.350°N 18.567°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Voivodeship | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
County | Chełmno |
Gmina | Stolno |
Population | 660 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Vehicle registration | CCH |
National roads |
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Wabcz [vapt͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stolno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. [1] It lies 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Stolno, 10 km (6 mi) east of Chełmno, 36 km (22 mi) north of Toruń, and 46 km (29 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in the Chełmno Land in the historic region of Pomerania.
During the German occupation ( World War II), Wabcz was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [2] Local Polish priests were murdered by the Germans in a massacre of Poles committed in nearby Klamry, also as part of the Intelligenzaktion. [3] In January 1942, the occupiers also carried out expulsions of Poles, whose houses were then handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy. [4]
The local football club is Wojownik Wabcz. [5] It competes in the lower leagues.