Grzybno is a village in the administrative district of

Gmina Unisław __NOTOC__ Gmina Unisław is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Unisław, which lies approximately south of Chełmno, north-west of T ...

, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies south of Chełmno, north-west of Toruń, and east of

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. The local landmark is the medieval

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Saint Michael Archangel church.

History

During the German occupation of Poland ( World War II), in 1942, the German gendarmerie and ''Einsatzkompanie Thorn'' carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed either in the

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, in a transit camp in Toruń or in a

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camp in

Jabłonowo-Zamek Jabłonowo-Zamek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jabłonowo Pomorskie, within Brodnica County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies southwest of Jabłonowo Pomorskie, northwest of Brodnica, and ...

. Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to

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colonists as part of the '' Lebensraum'' policy.

Administrative division

Several adjacent settlements are considered part of Grzybno: Bobak, Chiny, Garwolin, Korea, Pod Głażewo, Pod Siemion, Pod Unisław.

Transport

There is a train station in the village.

References

Villages in Chełmno County {{Chełmno-geo-stub