Bągart, Chełmno County

Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
53°15′N 18°26′E / 53.250°N 18.433°E / 53.250; 18.433Country PolandVoivodeshipKuyavian-PomeranianCountyChełmnoGminaKijewo KrólewskieTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Vehicle registrationCCH

Bągart [ˈbɔŋɡart] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kijewo Królewskie, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Kijewo Królewskie, 13 km (8 mi) south of Chełmno, 27 km (17 mi) north-west of Toruń, and 33 km (21 mi) north-east of Bydgoszcz. It is located in Chełmno Land within the historic region of Pomerania.

History

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), Bągart was one of the sites of executions of Poles, carried out by the Germans in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ^ The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 39.


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