Półwiesk Mały is a village in the administrative district of
Gmina Wąpielsk
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Gmina Wąpielsk is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Wąpielsk, which lies approximately north-west of Rypin and east of Toruń. ...
, within
Rypin County,
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
It lies approximately north-west of
Wąpielsk, north-west of
Rypin
Rypin (german: Rippin) is a town in north-central Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, about 50 km east of Toruń. It is the capital of Rypin County. Population is 16,950 (2009).
History
Rypin was founded in the Middle Ages, and ...
, and east of
Toruń.
History
During the
German occupation of Poland (
World War II), local school teachers were among the victims of large massacres of
Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
from the region carried out by the Germans in
Skrwilno
Skrwilno is a village in Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Skrwilno. It lies approximately south-east of Rypin and east of Toruń.
The v ...
as part of the ''
Intelligenzaktion''.
References
Villages in Rypin County
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