Łysomice (
Polish pronunciation: ) is a village in
Toruń County
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, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina
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(administrative district) called
Gmina Łysomice
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Gmina Łysomice is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Łysomice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Łysomice, which lies approximat ...
. It lies approximately north of
Toruń. It is located in the
Chełmno Land in the historic region of
Pomerania
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.
The most notable landmark of the village is the Donimirski Palace, a former residence of the Polish noble family of Donimirski.
History
The village dates back to
prehistoric times, and remains of prehistoric burials were found in the village.
[ In 1457, Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon granted the village to the nearby city of Toruń as reward for the city's participation in the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) against the Teutonic Knights.][ In the late-18th-century ]Partitions of Poland
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the village was annexed by Prussia
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.[ The city then sold the village to the Polish noble family of Prądzyński, who eventually sold it to nobleman Edward Donimirski.][ In 1807, the village was included within the newly established but short-lived Polish Duchy of Warsaw, in 1815 it was re-annexed by Prussia, in 1871 it became part of Germany, and following ]World War I
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, it was reintegrated with Poland, as the country regained independence. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II
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), local Polish nobleman and landowner Jan Donimirski was executed by the Germans in nearby Toruń on November 3, 1939, during the '' Intelligenzaktion''.
Notable residents
* Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig (1845-1911), Prussian Infantry General
References
Villages in Toruń County
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