Ośno is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski
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Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Aleksandrów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Aleksandrów Kujawski, although the town is not part of the t ...
, within
Aleksandrów County
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Aleksandrów County ( pl, powiat aleksandrowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Pol ...
,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
It lies south-east of
Aleksandrów Kujawski
Aleksandrów Kujawski (until 1879: ''Trojanów'', 1879–1919: ''Aleksandrów Pograniczny'') is a town in north-central Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the seat of Aleksandrów County, as well as of Gmina Aleksandrów Kujawski ...
and south of
Toruń
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. It is located in the region of
Kuyavia.
History
In 1827, the village had a population of 225.
During the
German occupation of Poland
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* Germany (of or related to)
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
), in 1939–1940, the occupiers carried out
expulsions of Poles, whose farms were then handed over to
Germans
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as part of the ''
Lebensraum
(, ''living space'') is a German concept of settler colonialism, the philosophy and policies of which were common to German politics from the 1890s to the 1940s. First popularized around 1901, '' lso in:' became a geopolitical goal of Imperi ...
'' policy.
Expelled Poles were either deported to the
General Government
The General Government (german: Generalgouvernement, pl, Generalne Gubernatorstwo, uk, Генеральна губернія), also referred to as the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (german: Generalgouvernement für die be ...
in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland or enslaved as
forced labour
Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, or other forms of ex ...
of German colonists in the area.
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Notable people
*Michał Hieronim Leszczyc-Sumiński
Michal Hieronim Leszczyc-Suminski (born 30 September 1820 - died 26 May 1898) was a Polish botanist, painter and art collector. He was an alumnus of Humboldt University of Berlin.
Biography
Leszczyc-Suminski was born on 30 September 1820 in O ...
(1820–1898), Polish botanist, painter and art collector
References
Villages in Aleksandrów County
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