Gzin

Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

53°13′N 18°19′E / 53.217°N 18.317°E / 53.217; 18.317Country

PolandVoivodeshipKuyavian-PomeranianCountyBydgoszczGminaDąbrowa ChełmińskaFirst mentioned1222Population

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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.

History

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]

References

^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warsaw: IPN. p. 166.